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# It is permitted to do an activity which is a mitzvah before [[davening]]. <Ref>Ishrei Yisrael (p. 122). A strong proof is: Rashi ([[Megillah]] 23a s.v. BeYom Tov), Mishna Brurah 529:14</ref> In some contexts, it may only be permitted if one can not do that mitzvah after [[davening]] and also that one should say [[Kriyat Shema]] before that activity. <ref>Mishna Brurah 250:1</ref> | # It is permitted to do an activity which is a mitzvah before [[davening]]. <Ref>Ishrei Yisrael (p. 122). A strong proof is: Rashi ([[Megillah]] 23a s.v. BeYom Tov), Mishna Brurah 529:14</ref> In some contexts, it may only be permitted if one can not do that mitzvah after [[davening]] and also that one should say [[Kriyat Shema]] before that activity. <ref>Mishna Brurah 250:1</ref> | ||
===Travel=== | ===Travel=== | ||
# | #Generally speaking, it is forbidden to travel before davening<ref>Brachos 14a as understood by Rosh Brachos 1:7, Rif 8a, and Beis Yosef 89</ref> even if one knows that he will be able to daven upon arrival.<ref>Mishnah Berurah 89:20, see also Mishnah Berurah 90:53</ref> | ||
# | #Traveling is usually defined by being on the road for a minimum of 72 minutes, and some say that this is true here as well: only a trip that would take 72 minutes or more would one be prohibited to make before davening.<ref>Shut Ohr Letzion 2:32</ref> However, some say that even a shorter trip is consiered ‘traveling’ and would be prohibited (if not taken to get to one’s usual place of davening).<ref>See Halichos Shlomo Tefillah 2:11:14 who writes that even taking a short and easy trip before davening is prohibited.</ref> | ||
# | #Some say that even traveling for the purposes of doing a mitzvah is prohibited<ref>Shut Divrei Yatziv O.C. #8</ref> although most disagree and say that it would be permissible to travel before davening to perform a mitzvah,<ref>Pri Chadash 89:6, Pri Megadim (Eishel Avraham) 89:15, Aruch Hashulchan 89:22, Mishnah Berurah 90:53</ref> and even in order to daven better<Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 89:16</ref> or to daven at the Kosel Hamaaravi.<ref>Or Letzion vol 2, Yalkut Yosef 89:29 (pg 94 in ed. 5764)</ref> | ||
#If traveling will be sufficiently easier if done before davening (for example, in a case where, if one were to wait until after davening, there will much more traffic on the roads and the trip will take much more time), some permit traveling before davening,<ref>Shut Shevet Halevi 8:19, although Shut Divrei Yatziv O.C. 8 would likely disagree with this leniency</ref> especially if waiting would cause someone to miss a bus or otherwise not be able to travel at all.<ref>Magen Avraham 89:10, Aruch Hashulchan 89:22, Leket Hakemach 89:37 quoted in Dirshu edition of the Mishnah Berurah, Siman 89 note 24. Needless to say, one must still make sure to daven and say [[Keriyas Shema]] before too late in the morning.</ref> | |||
#In all of the cases in which traveling before davening is permissible, it is still better to say the birkos hashachar before one embarks on his or her travels.<ref>Rama 89:3 quotes an opinion to the effect that traveling is always permitted after making brachos, although Aruch Hashulchan 89:21 points out that there is in fact no such legitimate opinion. Nonetheless, Mishnah Berurah 89:17 and 89:37 writes that making the brachos beforehand is preferable.</ref> | |||
#The prohibition of traveling before Shacharis applies beginning from [[Olot HaShachar|Alos Hashachar]].<Ref>Shulchan Aruch 89:3, Aruch Hashulchan 89:22</ref> although some say that it begins from half an hour beforehand.<ref>Ishei Yisrael 13:23 footnote 61; cf. Biur Halacha 70:5 s.v. Hayah and Mishnah Berurah 89:17, 89:37 regarding working during the half hour before Alos Hashacher </ref> | |||
#Most poskim assume that this prohibition also applies to traveling before one davens Mincha or Maariv,<ref>Rabbeinu Manoach quoted by Kesef Mishnah on Rambam Hilchos Tefillah 6:4, Mishnah Berurah 89:19-20. However, Halichos Shlomo 2:11 footnote 50 points out that the formulation of the Shulchan Aruch and especially Shulchan Aruch Harav indicate that the prohibition applies solely to Shacharis. See also Siach Halachah 19:17</ref> although the custom is to be more lenient regarding Minchah and Maariv for someone who would anyway be waiting for the usually scheduled minyan or for Minchah Ketanah.<ref>Halichos Shelomo 2:11:16</ref> | |||
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