May one insert a personal prayer for a sick person within the Refa'enu blessing of the Amidah, and how should it be phrased?
Synopsis
The Mishnah Berurah rules on whether and how one may pray for a specific ill person within the Refa'enu blessing, and whether the sick person must be named.
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