{"id":6235,"date":"2010-01-14T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T03:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2018-05-24T11:36:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T08:36:45","slug":"02-14-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/02-14-05\/","title":{"rendered":"05 – What Parts May Be Omitted to Enable Praying in a Minyan?"},"content":{"rendered":"
When a person arrives late to synagogue and notices that the congregation is about to finish reciting Pesukei d\u2019Zimrah<\/i>, it is better that he omit some parts of Pesukei d\u2019Zimrah <\/i>(most of Birkot HaShachar<\/i>, Korbanot<\/i>, <\/i>and some other passages) in order to succeed in praying Shemoneh Esrei <\/i>with the minyan<\/i>, since the virtue of praying in a minyan<\/i> is greater than the virtue of reciting Pesukei d\u2019Zimrah<\/i>. The whole idea behind the recital of Pesukei d\u2019Zimrah<\/i> is to prepare for prayer, in order to facilitate its acceptance. However, the prayer of a person who prays with a minyan<\/i> is certainly accepted and desirable (Berachot<\/i> 8a).<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, there are passages that may not be omitted, namely, Baruch She\u2019amar<\/i>, Ashrei<\/i>, and Yishtabach<\/i>, so that the opportunity to recite them will not be missed. The berachot<\/i> of Pesukei d\u2019Zimrah<\/i> were instituted for the purpose of reciting praise before the Amidah<\/i> and one who did not say them prior to it is not permitted to recite them afterwards. In order to recite the berachot<\/i> of Pesukei d\u2019Zimrah<\/i>, one is obligated to recite at least one passage of praise; therefore it is best that he say the most important passage, which is Ashrei<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Similarly, one must be strict in reciting Birkat<\/i> Elokai Neshamah<\/i> and Birkot HaTorah<\/i> before prayer, for if he does not, he will have lost the opportunity to say them (Mishnah Berurah<\/i> 52:9; Bei\u2019ur Halachah<\/i> there). Likewise, before prayer one must wrap himself in a tallit<\/i> and put on tefillin<\/i>.<\/p>\n
If one notices that he does not have time to say these berachot<\/i> and Ashrei<\/i> and still succeed in praying with the minyan<\/i>, he should pray individually without omitting anything.<\/p>\n
L’chatchilah<\/i>, one should try to plan his omissions in such a way that he will succeed in praying with the congregation, meaning with ten people who are praying the silent Amidah<\/i>. However, if he sees that he cannot say the berachot<\/i> and Ashrei<\/i> and still succeed in praying the silent Amidah<\/i> with the congregation, he should try to pray with the chazan<\/i> as he repeats the Amidah<\/i> (Chazarat Hashatz<\/i>), for even by doing that, he is considered one who is praying in a minyan<\/i> according to most poskim<\/i>.[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n