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==Greatness of the Mincha Prayer== | ==Greatness of the Mincha Prayer== | ||
# Mincha is very important because whereas [[Shacharit]] is recited in the morning before one gets involved in his daily routine and [[Arvit]] is recited at night, after one finishes with his day's work, mincha is recited in the middle of the day, which requires a person to put his personal affairs aside in order to pay attention to G-d. <ref> Kitzur S"A 68:1. The gemara in berachot 6b tells us that mincha is extremely important because Eliyahu Hanavi was answered during the mincha prayer in Melachim Alef 18:36 </ref> | # Mincha is very important because whereas [[Shacharit]] is recited in the morning before one gets involved in his daily routine and [[Arvit]] is recited at night, after one finishes with his day's work, mincha is recited in the middle of the day, which requires a person to put his personal affairs aside in order to pay attention to G-d. <ref> Kitzur S"A 68:1. The gemara in berachot 6b tells us that mincha is extremely important because Eliyahu Hanavi was answered during the mincha prayer in Melachim Alef 18:36 </ref> | ||
==Starting without a Minyan== | |||
# Ashrei should not be recited without ten people present. If ashrei is recited without a minyan,they should recite a chapter of tehillim before reciting the kaddish. <ref>Kitzur S"A 69:5 </ref> | |||
==Time for Mincha== | ==Time for Mincha== | ||
# See [[When is the earliest and latest time to pray?#Times_for_Mincha|When is the earliest and latest time to pray?]] page. | # See [[When is the earliest and latest time to pray?#Times_for_Mincha|When is the earliest and latest time to pray?]] page. |