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The chazzan is at the end of Avos (first bracha of Shmoneh Esrei) and he says, "...מגן אברם" (without the hei) instead of "...מגן אברהם," (with a hei). Would he be יוצא?

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  • Unsourced: probably not – MTL Jul 17 '14 at 18:25
  • Related: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/35681 as well as several of the questions linked there. This is a special case where B'rachos 13a is also relevant (mentioned in DanF's answer), but I think this question hinges primarily on whether a problem is created with shone mimatbei'a' or changing the nusach. – Fred Jul 17 '14 at 19:56
  • Why is the question about the chazan only? – msh210 Jul 18 '14 at 07:19

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Brachot 13a:

תני בר קפרא כל הקורא לאברהם אברם עובר בעשה

Bar Kaparah says someone who calls Avraham Avram "passes over" a positive commandment

I infer, then, that this is problematic. Since the Gemarrah uses a "long" expression "Passes over a positive commandment" rather than stating "he sinned", it seems to mean that the person missed an opportunity to do a positive commandment, but it is not a sin, per se.

The best option, would probably be to speak to the Shat"z after davening and explain that he should correct the error next time.

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