Missing Minyan to Daven at a More Optimal Time
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- May 28
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The Daily Halacha Moment - Missing Minyan to Daven at a More Optimal Time
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Question:
May one miss a minyan to pray at a more optimal time?
Answer:
When it comes to Shacharit: If someone consistently prays Vatikin at sunrise, he is permitted to daven alone rather than join a later minyan, as long as this is his regular practice [1]. Among Sephardim, however, the preference is generally to daven with a minyan unless one experiences significantly greater kavana when praying vatikin [2]. In a case where the only available minyan begins after Olot HaShachar but before Mishayakir, many poskim rule that it is preferable to pray alone later at the proper time [3], though others disagree and permit davening with that early minyan [4]. When the only minyan available starts between Olot and Netz, some authorities recommend davening alone at the ideal time [5], while others maintain that praying with a minyan is still preferable [6]. If the only minyan available is davening after the third hour of the day, the halacha generally favors joining the minyan and reciting Kriyat Shema earlier on one’s own [7], though some poskim remain uncertain about this case.
Sources:
[1]. Biur Halacha 58:1 s.v. umitzvah.
[2]. Yalkut Yosef 89:18.
[3]. Biur Halacha 89:1 s.v. yatza, Avnei Yishfe p. 167 quotes Rav Elyashiv; Pri Yitzchak s.v. nachzor 1:2.
[4]. Avnei Yishfe p. 168 quoting Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul; Igrot Moshe 4:6 s.v. im ken
[5]. Sh”t Sheilot Shmuel OC 12; Rav Elyashiv (quoted in Avnei Yashfei Tefillah page 167); Yalkut Yosef (Tefillah pages 137-139, 89:14)
[6]. Igrot Moshe 4:6 s.v. im ken; Peri Yitzchak 1:2; Sh"t Yaskil Avdi 5:10; Sh"t Minchat Yitzchak 9:10; Chazon Ish (Ishei Yisrael 13:note 21).
[7]. Rama 46:9; Igrot Moshe O.C. 4:6 s.v. im ken.
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