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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 236
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<b>דין ברכות ק"ש של ערבית. ובו ד סעיפים:</b><br>בערב מברך שתים לפני ק"ש ושתים לאחריה:
In the evening, we make two blessings before the recitation of Shema, and two after it.
אין לספר בין גאולה דערבית לתפלה ואף הנוהגין לומר י"ח פסוקים ויראו עינינו אין להפסיק בין יראו עינינו לתפלה ומיהו מה שמכריז ש"צ ר"ח בין קדיש לתפלת ערבית לא הוי הפסק כיון שהוא צורך תפלה וכן יכול לומר ברכו להוציא מי שלא שמע ולא הוי הפסק: הגה וע"ל סי' ס"ט. ראיתי מדקדקים נהגו לעמוד כשאומרים הי"ח פסוקים של ברוך ה' לעולם וכו' ומנהג יפה הוא כי נתקנו במקום תפלת י"ח וע"כ ראוי לעמוד בהן כמו בתפלה:
One should not talk between the blessing about redemption (ge'ulah) in the evening and the Amidah; even those who routinely say 18 verses and "yir'u eineinu" should not pause between that paragraph and the Amidah. What about when the reader announces Rosh Chodesh [so people can remember to say ya'aleh ve'yavo] between Kaddish and the evening Amidah? This is not a pause, since it is a requirement for the Amidah; and thus, one could also say that Barekhu, to exempt one who did not hear it, wouldn't be considered a pause either. REMA: "See above in section 69. I have seen sticklers who stand while saying the 18 verses of "barukh adonai le'olam" etc. (Ps. 89:53). This is a nice custom because it was set in place of the 18 blessings [of the Amidah], and thus one should stand for them like they do for the Amidah."
מצא צבור שקראו קריאת שמע ורוצים לעמוד בתפלה יתפלל עמהם ואח"כ יקרא ק"ש עם ברכותיה:
If when he arrived the community had already recited Shema and was standing to pray the Amidah, he should pray the Amidah with them and subsequently recite Shema with its blessings.
אחר שומר עמו ישראל אומר אמן אחר ברכת עצמו ולא יענה אמן אחר ברכת המלך בכבודו: (ועיין לעיל סי' רט"ו):
After "shomér amo yisra'él la'ad" [at the end of Hashkivénu], one should say "amen" after that blessing, but should not answer "amen" after the [following] blessing "hamelekh bikhvodo" REMA: "see above at Siman 215."
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0