{"id":8231,"date":"2016-02-08T00:04:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T22:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=8231"},"modified":"2018-05-24T12:34:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:34:49","slug":"03-08-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/03-08-04\/","title":{"rendered":"04. Prohibitions Prior to Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

When dawn breaks and the time to pray <\/span>Sha\u0125arit<\/span><\/i> arrives, one must stand before his Creator in prayer. He should not place his own honor before God\u2019s honor. Therefore the Sages teach that a man is prohibited from working, traveling, and eating before he prays. Additionally, one must not put his friend\u2019s honor before God\u2019s honor, and therefore he must not go to his friend\u2019s house and speak to him before praying. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In principle, this pertains to women as well; however, any woman who is accustomed to acting leniently by fulfilling the mitzva of prayer with <\/span>Birkhot Ha-sha\u0125ar<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Birkhot Ha-Torah<\/span><\/i> alone must be careful not to perform these actions before reciting these <\/span>berakhot<\/span><\/i>. A woman who follows the opinion of most <\/span>poskim<\/span><\/i> and prays the <\/span>Sha\u0125arit<\/span><\/i> Amida<\/span><\/i> every morning must refrain from performing these acts before praying the <\/span>Sha\u0125arit<\/span><\/i> Amida<\/span><\/i>. However, in times of need, even a woman who is accustomed to praying the <\/span>Amida<\/span><\/i> of <\/span>Sha\u0125arit<\/span><\/i> every morning may rely on the lenient <\/span>poskim<\/span><\/i> and may work and travel after reciting <\/span>Birkhot Ha-sha\u0125ar<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Birkhot Ha-Torah<\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Even a woman who sometimes prays the <\/span>Sha\u0125arit Amida<\/span><\/i> and other times prays the <\/span>Amida<\/span><\/i> of <\/span>Min\u0125a<\/span><\/i> should try to make sure that on the days that she prays <\/span>Sha\u0125arit<\/span><\/i> she refrains from performing those actions before praying. In times of need, she may be lenient and perform them after she recites <\/span>Birkhot Ha-sha\u0125ar<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Birkhot Ha-Torah<\/span><\/i>. 1<\/a><\/sup><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Simply stated, all prohibitions that apply to men also apply to women, since according to most poskim women must pray Sha\u0125arit and Min\u0125a, as explained above (2:2). Yet there are poskim who maintain that women fulfill their obligation of prayer by reciting only Birkhot Ha-sha\u0125ar and Birkhot Ha-Torah, and consequently, after saying them, they may do other activities. Likewise, according to the poskim who maintain that women must pray one daily prayer, that prayer can be Min\u0125a, and therefore the prohibitions before Sha\u0125arit do not apply to them. Therefore, it seems, a woman who is accustomed to praying Sha\u0125arit every day must be strict concerning all these laws, just as men are. For other women, it is proper to be strict and to say Birkhot Ha-sha\u0125ar and Birkhot Ha-Torah before performing any other actions. However, a woman who is accustomed to praying Min\u0125a as her one daily prayer is presumably permitted to perform any action mentioned here, because these prohibitions were only instituted for before Sha\u0125arit. Still, it is proper to take care to say Birkhot Ha-sha\u0125ar and Birkhot Ha-Torah right after waking up; hence, I did not make a distinction in their laws. Additionally, if a woman handles her dealings before Birkhot Ha-sha\u0125ar and Birkhot Ha-Torah, there is concern that she will forget to recite them. Therefore, it is proper to teach that women must recite Birkhot Ha-sha\u0125ar and Birkhot Ha-Torah before engaging in activities, regardless of the case.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Even women who regularly pray Sha\u0125arit every morning may act leniently regarding all these issues before prayer when they absolutely must, as long as they recite Birkhot Ha-sha\u0125ar and Birkhot Ha-Torah first. This is because it is possible to consider the opinions of the poskim who maintain that after Birkhot Ha-sha\u0125ar it is already permissible to deal with work matters and travel, as stated by Rema 89:3. Further, some say that with Birkhot Ha-sha\u0125ar and Birkhot Ha-Torah women already fulfill their obligation to pray and therefore they need not be cautious regarding all these issues. It is based on these principles that I write the following halakhot. See also Igrot Moshe O\u0124 4:101:2; Min\u0125at Yitz\u0125ak 4:28:3; Halikhot Shlomo: Prayer 2:3-4; Halikhot Bat Yisrael 2:3-4; Halikhot Beitah 6:7; Ishei Yisrael 13:30. ↩<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When dawn breaks and the time to pray Sha\u0125arit arrives, one must stand before his Creator in prayer. He should not place his own honor before God\u2019s honor. Therefore the Sages teach that a man is prohibited from working, traveling, and eating before he prays. Additionally, one must not put his friend\u2019s honor before God\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-03-08"],"yoast_head":"\n04. 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