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# Many poskim hold that women are exempt from saying mussaf.<ref> [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/703731/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Women_at_Prayer Rabbi Hershel Schachter] in a shiur on yutorah.org ("Women at Prayer", min 10-16) explained that the reason to exempt women is that mussaf isn't about asking for mercy which is the basis for women's obligation to pray (Gemara Brachot 20b). Additionally, Mussaf was instituted because of the korbanot mussaf and women weren't obligated to donated the Machasit HaShekel which was used for communal korbanot such as the mussaf korbanot. </ref>
# Many poskim hold that women are exempt from saying mussaf.<ref> [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/703731/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Women_at_Prayer Rabbi Hershel Schachter] in a shiur on yutorah.org ("Women at Prayer", min 10-16) explained that the reason to exempt women is that mussaf isn't about asking for mercy which is the basis for women's obligation to pray (Gemara Brachot 20b). Additionally, Mussaf was instituted because of the korbanot mussaf and women weren't obligated to donated the Machasit HaShekel which was used for communal korbanot such as the mussaf korbanot. </ref>
# A woman who is unable to say [[Shemoneh Esrei]] of Shacharit should at least say a short prayer which includes praise, a request, and a thanks of Hashem. <ref>Tefillah KeHilchata 1:10 based on Magan Avraham 106:2 </ref>
# A woman who is unable to say [[Shemoneh Esrei]] of Shacharit should at least say a short prayer which includes praise, a request, and a thanks of Hashem. <ref>Tefillah KeHilchata 1:10 based on Magan Avraham 106:2 </ref>
# A woman who has limited time for Shacharit should say parts of Tefillah according to the order of importance: 1)[[Shemoneh Esrei]] 2)first פסוק of Shemaand Emet VeYatsiv before [[Shemoneh Esrei]] 3) Baruch SheAmar, Ashrei, and Yishtabach, 4) Birchot HaShachar, 5) Birkat HaTorah, 6) Birchot Kriyat Shema and the entire Shema and 7) Pesukei Dezimra. <Ref>Tefillah KeHilchata (chapter 1 note 21). There he quotes Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul who says that women may make Pesukei Dezimra and Brachot Kriyat Shema with Shem UMalchut while Sh”t Yabea Omer 2:6 holds that these Brachot should be made without Shem UMalchut. </ref>
# A woman who has limited time for Shacharit should say parts of Tefillah according to the order of importance: 1)[[Shemoneh Esrei]] 2)first פסוק of Shemaand Emet VeYatsiv before [[Shemoneh Esrei]] 3) Baruch SheAmar, Ashrei, and Yishtabach, 4) Birchot HaShachar, 5) Birkat HaTorah, 6) Birchot [[Kiryat Shema]] and the entire Shema and 7) Pesukei Dezimra. <Ref>Tefillah KeHilchata (chapter 1 note 21). There he quotes Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul who says that women may make Pesukei Dezimra and Brachot [[Kiryat Shema]] with Shem UMalchut while Sh”t Yabea Omer 2:6 holds that these Brachot should be made without Shem UMalchut. </ref>


==Children==
==Children==
# Once a child knows how to speak one should teach him to say the first pasuk of Shema. <ref> Mishna Brurah 70:7 </ref>
# Once a child knows how to speak one should teach him to say the first pasuk of Shema. <ref> Mishna Brurah 70:7 </ref>
# A child of 6 or 7 should be taught to say Brachot Kriyat Shema, Shema, and [[Shemoneh Esrei]]. <ref> Tefillah KeHilchata 1:12-13 </ref>
# A child of 6 or 7 should be taught to say Brachot [[Kiryat Shema]], Shema, and [[Shemoneh Esrei]]. <ref> Tefillah KeHilchata 1:12-13 </ref>
# One should teach one's small children to answer Amen because once a child answers Amen he has a place in Olam Haba. <ref>Rama 124:7 </ref>
# One should teach one's small children to answer Amen because once a child answers Amen he has a place in Olam Haba. <ref>Rama 124:7 </ref>


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Revision as of 13:38, 5 April 2013

  1. Some early authorities consider the mitzvah to pray as a biblical Mitzvah based on the pasuk “ועבדתם בכל לבבכם” which Chazal explain as a reference to the service of the heart. [1] However, many early authorities argue that the entire obligation is rabbinic. [2]

Gentiles

  1. Gentiles are not obligated in Tefillah but if they do pray they fulfill a mitzvah like a person who isn’t commanded but volunteers. [3]

Women

  1. Women are obligated in saying Shemoneh Esrei of Shacharit and Mincha. [4] It’s proper that women accept the yoke of heaven by saying at least the first pasuk of Shema. [5]
  2. Women aren’t obligated in Arvit and if one wants to say it one should specify that it is done Bli Neder (so that it’s not binding after 3 times of performing it). [6]
  3. Many poskim hold that women are exempt from saying mussaf.[7]
  4. A woman who is unable to say Shemoneh Esrei of Shacharit should at least say a short prayer which includes praise, a request, and a thanks of Hashem. [8]
  5. A woman who has limited time for Shacharit should say parts of Tefillah according to the order of importance: 1)Shemoneh Esrei 2)first פסוק of Shemaand Emet VeYatsiv before Shemoneh Esrei 3) Baruch SheAmar, Ashrei, and Yishtabach, 4) Birchot HaShachar, 5) Birkat HaTorah, 6) Birchot Kiryat Shema and the entire Shema and 7) Pesukei Dezimra. [9]

Children

  1. Once a child knows how to speak one should teach him to say the first pasuk of Shema. [10]
  2. A child of 6 or 7 should be taught to say Brachot Kiryat Shema, Shema, and Shemoneh Esrei. [11]
  3. One should teach one's small children to answer Amen because once a child answers Amen he has a place in Olam Haba. [12]

Sources

  1. ↑ Rambam Tefillah 1:1. The Chazal can be found in Tanit 2a.
  2. ↑ Ramban (ספר המצות), Mishna Brurah 106:4
  3. ↑ Sh”t O.C. Igrot Moshe 2:25 writes that non-Jews aren't obligated to pray to Hashem but if they do they fulfill a mitzvah and receive reward as someone who isn't commanded but nonetheless, volenteers. See Sh"t HaRambam 148 who writes even regarding Brit Milah that non-Jews can volunteer to perform a mitzvah.
  4. ↑ S”A 106:1, Mishna Brurah 106:4. See also Sh”t Yechava Daat 3:7 who writes that women are obligated in one Shemoneh Esrei a day but if they say three a day it’s praiseworthy. Tefillah KeHilchata (chapter 1 note 17) quotes Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul who says that women are obligated in all Tefillot except Arvit.
  5. ↑ S”A and Rama 70:1, Mishna Brurah 70:5
  6. ↑ Mishna Brurah 106:4, Tefillah KeHilchata 1:11. Rabbi Hershel Schachter in a shiur on yutorah.org ("Women at Prayer", min 10-16) agrees and explained that women aren't obligated to say Mariv since according to the gemara, Mariv is optional and although men have accepted it upon themselves to say Mariv, making it an obligation for them, this minhag didn't include women.
  7. ↑ Rabbi Hershel Schachter in a shiur on yutorah.org ("Women at Prayer", min 10-16) explained that the reason to exempt women is that mussaf isn't about asking for mercy which is the basis for women's obligation to pray (Gemara Brachot 20b). Additionally, Mussaf was instituted because of the korbanot mussaf and women weren't obligated to donated the Machasit HaShekel which was used for communal korbanot such as the mussaf korbanot.
  8. ↑ Tefillah KeHilchata 1:10 based on Magan Avraham 106:2
  9. ↑ Tefillah KeHilchata (chapter 1 note 21). There he quotes Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul who says that women may make Pesukei Dezimra and Brachot Kiryat Shema with Shem UMalchut while Sh”t Yabea Omer 2:6 holds that these Brachot should be made without Shem UMalchut.
  10. ↑ Mishna Brurah 70:7
  11. ↑ Tefillah KeHilchata 1:12-13
  12. ↑ Rama 124:7
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