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# A person should make a great effort to daven in a minyan because of the tremendous kedusha of Davening in a minyan and it’s ability to be accepted before Hashem. <ref>S”A 90:9 writes that a person should make a serious effort to daven with a minyan and one’s only exempt if there’s extenuating circumstances. Mishna Brurah 90:28 emphasizes the important of Davening with a minyan and that the most important part of Davening with a minayn is [[Amidah - Shemonah Esrei|Shemonah Esrei]]. See Halichot Shlomo (chapter 5 note 52 pg 66) records that for health reasons a certain person was only able to leave the house once a day and Rav Shlomo Zalman said he can use that one time to go to work instead of going to daven in a minyan because being social will make him feel better. </ref> | # A person should make a great effort to daven in a minyan because of the tremendous kedusha of Davening in a minyan and it’s ability to be accepted before Hashem. <ref>S”A 90:9 writes that a person should make a serious effort to daven with a minyan and one’s only exempt if there’s extenuating circumstances. Mishna Brurah 90:28 emphasizes the important of Davening with a minyan and that the most important part of Davening with a minayn is [[Amidah - Shemonah Esrei|Shemonah Esrei]]. See Halichot Shlomo (chapter 5 note 52 pg 66) records that for health reasons a certain person was only able to leave the house once a day and Rav Shlomo Zalman said he can use that one time to go to work instead of going to daven in a minyan because being social will make him feel better. </ref> | ||
# A Person should make a great effort to daven with a minyan and there’s a tremendous level to Davening with a Tzibbur in having one’s Tefillah accepted in heaven. <Ref>S”A 90:9, Mishna Brurah 90:28 </ref> | # A Person should make a great effort to daven with a minyan and there’s a tremendous level to Davening with a Tzibbur in having one’s Tefillah accepted in heaven. <Ref>S”A 90:9, Mishna Brurah 90:28 </ref> | ||
==When is a minyan necessary?== | ==When is a minyan necessary?== | ||
# A congregation may not say Kaddish, Kedusha, or Barchu with less than a minyan, meaning a quorum of ten adult men.<ref>S"A 55:1</ref> | # A congregation may not say Kaddish, Kedusha, or Barchu with less than a minyan, meaning a quorum of ten adult men.<ref>S"A 55:1</ref> | ||
## If there is a minyan of ten adult males, but four of them already davened, the congregation may still say kaddish, borchu, and kedusha. <ref> S"A 69:1 Mishna Brurah 69:8, Yalkut Yosef (90:14, Sherit Yosef 2 pg 341) </ref> | |||
===If some of the minyan left in middle== | |||
# If there’s only 10 men in the minyan, none of them may leave in middle. However, if there’s more than 10 men, those who are in excess of 10 may leave if they already heard Barchu, Kedusha, and all the Kaddishim. <Ref>Kitzur S”A 15:10 </ref> | |||
# After the fact, if there’s not ten men left, they are allowed to finish what they’re involved with as long as there’s at least 6 men left. <Ref>Kitzur S”A 15:10 </ref> | |||
## If the Shaliach Tzibbur began Chazarat HaShatz he may finish Chazara including Kedusha, but there’s no Nesiyat Kapayim and he may not say Kaddish after the Chazara. <Ref>Kitzur S”A 15:10 </ref> | |||
## If the minyan began Kriyat HaTorah and then part of the minyan left (four or less), they may finish the Kriyah but may not do Hosafot and the maftir is said without Brachot. <Ref>Kitzur S”A 15:10 </ref> | |||
==Missing a Minyan for business == | ==Missing a Minyan for business == | ||
# It’s permissible to miss a minyan in order to prevent a loss of money, however it’s forbidden if it’s just a loss of a potential profit. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 90:29 </ref> | # It’s permissible to miss a minyan in order to prevent a loss of money, however it’s forbidden if it’s just a loss of a potential profit. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 90:29 </ref> | ||
