When Is the Earliest and Latest Time to Pray?: Difference between revisions

*Yalkut Yosef ([[Tefillah]] pg. 136, see also Sh”t Yechave Daat 2:8) writes that even if one prayed before [[Olot HaShachar|alot hashachar]] one should still pray again at the proper time with a stipulation that if one is not obligated that it should be a voluntary [[prayer]]. So writes Sh”t Otzrot Yosef 5:3.</ref>

#The latest time to say [[Shmoneh Esrei|''shemoneh esrei'']] of [[Shacharit|''shacharit'']] is the end of the fourth hour (in [[Shaot Zmaniot|''shaot zmaniot'']]). <ref>The Mishna (Brachot 26a) writes that the latest time [[Shacharit]] could be said according to Rabbi Yehuda is the fourth hour and according to the Rabbis is the sixth hour. The Gemara (27a) writes that we hold like Rabbi Yehuda because there is a Mishna in Ediyot that supports Rabbi Yehuda. This is codified by the Rif 18a, Rosh 4:1, and Rambam ([[Tefillah]] 3:1). The halacha is brought in Tur and Shulchan Aruch 89:1 </ref>

#If one has not prayed until the end of the fourth hour, one should pray [[Shacharit|''shacharit'']] before the end of the sixth hour (in [[Shaot Zmaniot|''shaot zmaniot'']]) - midday. If one intentionally did not pray in the first four hours one should still pray before midday but one should stipulate that if one is exempt that one is praying a voluntary [[prayer]]. <ref>*The Rif 18a originates that even though we hold like Rabbi Yehuda that the latest time for [[Shacharit]] is the fourth hour one could still pray after the fourth hour and receive the reward for praying (albeit having lost the reward for praying in the proper time). The Rosh 4:1, Rambam (Hilchot [[Tefillah]] 3:1), and Tur 89:1 hold like the Rif.