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The only thing that comes to mind is in K'riat Sh'ma - if an individual is praying alone, they add the three words "ק-ל מלך נאמן" beforehand. The reasoning for this is that when praying with a miny...
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2020-07-31T12:28:01Z (over 3 years ago)
The only thing that comes to mind is in K'riat Sh'ma - if an individual is praying alone, they add the three words "ק-ל מלך נאמן" beforehand. The reasoning for this is that when praying with a minyan, the last two words and the first word of the continuing - Hashem Elokeichem Emet - are repeated out loud by the Chazan, bringing the total number of words in Sh'ma to 248. Since this doesn't happen when praying alone, the three words "Kel Melech Ne'eman" were added beforehand when alone to bring the count up 248.[^1] [^1]: Rabbinical Council of America Artscroll Siddur commentary, 1987 edition, page 90; sourced to the Anaf Yosef.