Is it permitted to speak or make announcements between Bar'khu (or Kaddish) and Yotzer Ohr?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that the practice in some communities of shouting at congregants or making public announcements between Kaddish/Bar'khu and Yotzer Ohr is mistaken; the Aruch HaShulchan extends this to prohibit even matters of mitzvah.
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