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===Mincha===
===Mincha===
# If the minyan is davening during Ben Hashemashot after Shekiya, according to Ashkenazim it is better to daven oneself before Shekiya,<ref> Mishna Brurah 233:14</ref> and according to Sephardim it is preferable to wait for the minyan rather than daven by oneself before shekiya.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 89:16, Chacham Ben Zion Abba Shaul (cited in Ishei Yisroel page 296) and Chacham Ovadia Yosef (Yechave Daat 5:22)</ref>
# If the minyan is davening during Ben Hashemashot after Shekiya, according to Ashkenazim it is better to daven oneself before Shekiya,<ref> Mishna Brurah 233:14</ref> and according to Sephardim it is preferable to wait for the minyan rather than daven by oneself before shekiya.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 89:16, Chacham Ben Zion Abba Shaul (cited in Ishei Yisroel page 296) and Chacham Ovadia Yosef (Yechave Daat 5:22)</ref> See [[When_Is_the_Earliest_and_Latest_Time_to_Pray%3F#Ideal_Time_for_Mincha]]
# According to Sephardim it is ideal to daven mincha ketana and not mincha gedola. Yet, if the only minyan available is one that prays at mincha gedola it is preferable to daven with them rather than daven on one's own.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 89:15</ref>
# According to Sephardim it is ideal to daven mincha ketana and not mincha gedola. Yet, if the only minyan available is one that prays at mincha gedola it is preferable to daven with them rather than daven on one's own.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 89:15</ref>
===Maariv===
===Maariv===
# If the only minyan available is one that is before tzet hakochavim after shekiya one should daven with them rather than daven by oneself.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 235:1</ref> There's a minority opinion that advises praying oneself.<ref>Even though the Gra (Maaseh rav  n. 65 cited by Biur Halacha 235:1 s.v. vim) davened by himself rather than daven with the minyan before tzet, Igrot Moshe 2:60 s.v. val kol panim writes that since it is against most rishonim one shouldn't follow it unless one follows the Gra for everything. Piksei Teshuvot 235 fnt. 26 quotes the Kesot Hashulchan 26:12 who writes that if someone always davens before tzet hakochavim he should continue to do so without a minyan rather than daven early with a minyan.</ref>
# If the only minyan available is one that is before tzet hakochavim after shekiya one should daven with them rather than daven by oneself.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 235:1</ref> There's a minority opinion that advises praying oneself.<ref>Even though the Gra (Maaseh rav  n. 65 cited by Biur Halacha 235:1 s.v. vim) davened by himself rather than daven with the minyan before tzet, Igrot Moshe 2:60 s.v. val kol panim writes that since it is against most rishonim one shouldn't follow it unless one follows the Gra for everything. Piksei Teshuvot 235 fnt. 26 quotes the Kesot Hashulchan 26:12 who writes that if someone always davens before tzet hakochavim he should continue to do so without a minyan rather than daven early with a minyan.</ref>