Mitzvah to Daven: Difference between revisions

==Women==

#Women are obligated in saying [[Shmoneh Esrei]] of [[Shacharit]] and [[Mincha]]. <ref>S”A 106:1, Mishna Brurah 106:4. See also Sh”t Yechave Daat 3:7 who writes that women are obligated in one [[Shmoneh Esrei]] a day but if they say three a day it is praiseworthy. [[Tefillah]] KeHilchata (chapter 1 note 17) quotes Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul who says that women are obligated in all Tefillot except [[Arvit]]. </ref> It is proper for women to accept the yoke of heaven by saying at least the first pasuk of Shema. <ref>S”A and Rama 70:1, Mishna Brurah 70:5 </ref>

#Women are not obligated in [[Arvit]]. If one wants to say it one should specify that it is done Bli Neder (so that it is not binding after 3 times of performing it). <ref>Mishna Brurah 106:4, [[Tefillah]] KeHilchata 1:11. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/703731/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Women_at_Prayer Rabbi Hershel Schachter] in a shiur on yutorah.org ("Women at [[Prayer]]", min 10-16) agrees and explains that women are not obligated to say [[Arvit]] since according to the gemara, [[Arvit]] is optional and although men have accepted it upon themselves to say [[Arvit]], making it an obligation for men, the minhag however does not include women and therefore [[Arvit]] is not an obligation for them. </ref>

#Many poskim hold that women are exempt from saying [[Mussaf]].<ref>Mishna Brurah 106:4 quotes the Tzlach (Brachot 26a s.v. VeShel Musafin) who says that women are exempt from [[Mussaf]], while the Magen Giborim disagrees. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/703731/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Women_at_Prayer Rabbi Hershel Schachter] in a shiur on yutorah.org ("Women at [[Prayer]]", min 10-16) explains that the reason women are exempt, is that [[Mussaf]] is not about asking for mercy, which is the basis for women's obligation to pray (Gemara [[Brachot]] 20b). Additionally, [[Mussaf]] was instituted because of the [[korbanot]] Mussaf and women were not obligated in donating the Machasit HaShekel which was used for communal [[korbanot]] such as the Mussaf [[korbanot]]. </ref>

#A woman who is unable to say [[Shmoneh Esrei]] of [[Shacharit]] should at least say a short [[prayer]] which includes praise, a request, and a thanks of Hashem. <ref>[[Tefillah]] KeHilchata 1:10 based on Magen Avraham 106:2 </ref>

#A woman who has limited time for [[Shacharit]] should say parts of [[Tefillah]] according to the order of importance: 1) [[Shmoneh Esrei]] 2) first pasuk of Shema and Emet VeYatsiv before [[Shmoneh Esrei]] 3) Baruch SheAmar, Ashrei, and Yishtabach, 4) Birchot HaShachar, 5) Birkat HaTorah, 6) Birchot [[Kriyat Shema]] and the entire Shema and 7) Pesukei Dezimra. <ref>[[Tefillah]] KeHilchata (chapter 1 note 21). </ref>

#According to the Sephardic minhag, women shouldn't recite the bracha of Baruch SheAmer, Yishtabach, or Birchot Kriyat Shema. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Dinim L'isha V'lbat 8:1-2). [[Tefillah]] KeHilchata (chapter 1 note 21) quotes Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul as saying that women may say Pesukei Dezimra and brachot of [[Kriyat Shema]] with [[Shem UMalchut]] and Sh”t Yabia Omer 2:6 holds that these [[brachot]] should be made without [[Shem UMalchut]]. </ref>

#The minhag is that women don't say [[Tachanun]]. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 131:1, [[Tefillah]] KeHilchata 15:5</ref>

#According to Sephardim, a woman who doesn't have time should at least say Birchot Hashachar, Birchot HaTorah, and Shemona Esrei. It is also proper for them to also say Shema. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Otzar Dinim Lisha Velebat p. 68, 77, 104)</ref>

# Women are exempt from davening with a minyan.<ref>[https://ph.yhb.org.il/03-20-02/ Rav Eliezer Melamed (Peninei Halacha ch. 20)] explains that since women aren't obligated in mitzvot that are time bound they are exempt from joining the minyan. (Another [https://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/3858 link here].) [https://www.toraland.org.il/%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%94/%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%95%D7%91-%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F/ torahland.org.il] writes that although it is ideal for women to daven in a minyan (Ohela Shel Torah v. 2 ch. 26) but they are exempt from doing so. This is also evident in the fact that they can't join for the requisite quorum for a minyan (Tosfot Brachot 45b, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 55:1, Mishna Brurah 55:3, Ishei Yisrael 15:6, Tefillah Khilchata 8:27).</ref>