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In general, one shouldn't begin an involved activity before performing a mitzvah at hand. When it comes to davening specifically, there are unique stringencies and leniences for each of the davenings as detailed below. | |||
==Shacharit== | ==Shacharit== | ||
===Learning=== | ===Learning=== | ||
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# If one usually goes to daven in a [[minyan]], then, it’s permissible to learn before [[Davening]] even after [[Olot HaShachar]] and so, the minhag is to be learn before [[Davening]]. <ref>S”A 89:6, Piskei Teshuvot 89:23 </ref> | # If one usually goes to daven in a [[minyan]], then, it’s permissible to learn before [[Davening]] even after [[Olot HaShachar]] and so, the minhag is to be learn before [[Davening]]. <ref>S”A 89:6, Piskei Teshuvot 89:23 </ref> | ||
# It’s permissible to learn until [[Olot HaShachar]]. However, once Olot Hashachar comes, it’s forbidden to begin learning until one prays. <Ref>S”A 89:6 </ref>Some are lenient to permit learning after [[Olot HaShachar]] until close to [[HaNetz HaChama]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 89:31 </ref>Nonetheless, it is permissible to learn even after [[Olot Hashachar]] in any of the following three circumstances: | # It’s permissible to learn until [[Olot HaShachar]]. However, once Olot Hashachar comes, it’s forbidden to begin learning until one prays. <Ref>S”A 89:6 </ref>Some are lenient to permit learning after [[Olot HaShachar]] until close to [[HaNetz HaChama]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 89:31 </ref>Nonetheless, it is permissible to learn even after [[Olot Hashachar]] in any of the following three circumstances: | ||
## if one is learning the place where a tzibbur will come to daven, <ref>Mishna Brurah 89:32 </ref> | |||
## if one asked a friend who wasn’t learning to remind him before the latest time of Shema and [[Tefilla]], <ref>Mishna Brurah 89:34. See the collolary to this for [[Kriyat Shema]] [[Arvit]] in Mishna Brurah 235:17. </ref> or | |||
## if one was teaching Torah to a group or is learning in a group if there’s no concern that one will miss the [[latest time for Shema]]. <ref>S”A 89:6 permits if one is teaching a group. Mishna Brurah 89:35 says that this is only if there’s no concern for missing Shema. Ishei Yisrael 13:34 in name of Mekor Chaim 89:6 includes the case of learning in a group. </ref> | |||
## Some add that it’s permissible if one isn’t learning in a in-depth study. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 89:23 quoting Sh”t Avnei Tzedek 19 (however, see Mishna Brurah 89:33 who implies the opposite). </ref> | |||
# If one already began learning before [[Olot HaShachar]], one should continue and doesn’t have to stop. If one began learning after [[Olot HaShachar]], some say that one should stop for [[Kriyat Shema]] and some say that one doesn’t have to stop as long as there’s time prior to the [[latest time for Shema]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 89:30 </ref> | # If one already began learning before [[Olot HaShachar]], one should continue and doesn’t have to stop. If one began learning after [[Olot HaShachar]], some say that one should stop for [[Kriyat Shema]] and some say that one doesn’t have to stop as long as there’s time prior to the [[latest time for Shema]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 89:30 </ref> | ||
# Someone who can’t learn after [[Olot HaShachar]] and then tzibbur is only [[Davening]] later, it’s preferable to daven earlier and then learn even though one won’t daven together at the time of the tzibbur. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 89:33 </ref> | # Someone who can’t learn after [[Olot HaShachar]] and then tzibbur is only [[Davening]] later, it’s preferable to daven earlier and then learn even though one won’t daven together at the time of the tzibbur. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 89:33 </ref> | ||
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===Showering=== | ===Showering=== | ||
# It’s permissible to go to the bathhouse or cut one's hair until [[Olot HaShachar]] but afterwards one can’t start to go to the bathhouse or cut one's hair. <Ref>S”A 89:7, Mishna Brurah 89:36 </ref> However, a short shower with a little soap for someone who feels unclean in order to prepare for [[Davening]] is permissible. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 89:24 </ref> | # It’s permissible to go to the bathhouse or cut one's hair until [[Olot HaShachar]] but afterwards one can’t start to go to the bathhouse or cut one's hair. <Ref>S”A 89:7, Mishna Brurah 89:36 </ref> However, a short shower with a little soap for someone who feels unclean in order to prepare for [[Davening]] is permissible. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 89:24 </ref> | ||
# It’s permissible to go to mikveh after [[Olot HaShachar]] prior to | # It’s permissible to go to mikveh after [[Olot HaShachar]] prior to praying <ref>Ishei Yisrael 13:21 </ref> | ||
===Shaving=== | ===Shaving=== | ||
# Some are lenient to shave before [[Davening]] if one can’t do so afterwards. <Ref> Halacha Brurah (Rav Dovid Yosef) 89:36, Avnei Yishfeh (pg 90) in name of Rav Vosner, Peninei Halacha (pg 162), and Piskei Teshuvot 89:24 are lenient for someone who regularly shaves. However, Sh”t Or Letzion (vol 2 7:9) and Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefilla]] 2:8) quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach are strict under all circumstances and compare [[shaving]] to haircutting. Similarly, Yalkut Yosef ([[Tefillah]] pg 99, Siman 89:32) is strict but adds that those who do so regularly have what to rely on. </ref> | # Some are lenient to shave before [[Davening]] if one can’t do so afterwards. <Ref> Halacha Brurah (Rav Dovid Yosef) 89:36, Avnei Yishfeh (pg 90) in name of Rav Vosner, Peninei Halacha (pg 162), and Piskei Teshuvot 89:24 are lenient for someone who regularly shaves. However, Sh”t Or Letzion (vol 2 7:9) and Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefilla]] 2:8) quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach are strict under all circumstances and compare [[shaving]] to haircutting. Similarly, Yalkut Yosef ([[Tefillah]] pg 99, Siman 89:32) is strict but adds that those who do so regularly have what to rely on. </ref> | ||
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==Mincha== | ==Mincha== | ||
===Learning=== | ===Learning=== | ||
# It’s permissible to learn until [[Mincha]] Ketana (9½ hours into the day). However, once [[Mincha]] Ketana comes, it’s forbidden to learn until one prays. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 232:11 writes that the laws of learning before [[Mincha]] are the same as those for [[Shacharit]] after [[Olot HaShachar]]. </ref> Nonetheless, under four circumstances it’s permissible to learn even after [[Mincha]] | # It’s permissible to learn until [[Mincha]] Ketana (9½ hours into the day). However, once [[Mincha]] Ketana comes, it’s forbidden to learn until one prays. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 232:11 writes that the laws of learning before [[Mincha]] are the same as those for [[Shacharit]] after [[Olot HaShachar]]. </ref> Nonetheless, under four circumstances it’s permissible to learn even after [[Mincha Ketana]]: | ||
## if one usually goes to daven in a tzibbur ([[minyan]]), | |||
## if one is learning the place where a tzibbur will come to daven, | |||
## if one asked a friend who wasn’t learning to remind him before the latest time of [[Mincha]], or | |||
## if one was teaching Torah to a group if there’s no concern that one will miss the latest [[time for Mincha]]. <ref>S”A 89:6 with Mishna Brurah regarding [[Shacharit]]</ref> | |||
===Working=== | ===Working=== | ||
# From 9 hours in the day, one may not start work that could drag out.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 232:9 </ref> If one always goes to [[minyan]] and there’s a set time, it’s permissible, even after 9½ hours. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 232:3 </ref> | # From 9 hours in the day, one may not start work that could drag out.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 232:9 </ref> If one always goes to [[minyan]] and there’s a set time, it’s permissible, even after 9½ hours. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 232:3 </ref> | ||
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===Learning=== | ===Learning=== | ||
# It’s permissible to learn until [[Tzet HaKochavim]]. However, once [[Tzet HaKochavim]] comes, it’s forbidden to learn until one prays. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 235:17 </ref> Nonetheless, under two circumstances it’s permissible to learn even after [[Tzet HaKochavim]]: | # It’s permissible to learn until [[Tzet HaKochavim]]. However, once [[Tzet HaKochavim]] comes, it’s forbidden to learn until one prays. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 235:17 </ref> Nonetheless, under two circumstances it’s permissible to learn even after [[Tzet HaKochavim]]: | ||
## if one is going to pray with a Tzibbur,<ref>Shaar HaTziyun 235:19 </ref> or | |||
## if one asked a friend who wasn’t learning to remind him before the latest time of [[Mincha]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 235:17 at the end </ref> | |||
===Working, Traveling, Showering, Shaving=== | ===Working, Traveling, Showering, Shaving=== | ||
# If one always goes to [[minyan]] and there’s a set time, it’s permissible to work, travel, shower, and shave, even after Tzet HaChachavim. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 235:6 </ref> | # If one always goes to [[minyan]] and there’s a set time, it’s permissible to work, travel, shower, and shave, even after Tzet HaChachavim. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 235:6 </ref> | ||
