Q1. The baal tefillah this morning at my minyan has a habit of 'eating his words' . This means, among other things, that his brachas often leave out words so that it becomes "Baruch ... Hashem ...nuMelech...olam". (I have a recording of this). My question is whether I am yotzei with some of his brachas and whether it would be better if I quietly leave for another minyan when that opportunity exists.
A. Harav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that in principle and on the onset, one should make every effort to daven with a proper minyan directed by a knowledgeable and Torah educated shaliach tzibur, who knows how to pronounce his brochos and tefilos properly. However, after the fact, since in our days, we are really not yotze or comply by just listening to any of the brochos recited by the sheliach tzibur, but we rather say everything ourselves, therefore there is no need to abandon the present minyan and look for a doubtfuly better one.
As long as there is a minyan of people praying together one complies with tefila betzibur.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
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