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אורח חיים רל״דOrach Chayim 234

Siman 234 of 697 in Orach Chayim — 2 se'ifim

הלכות שאר ברכותLaws of Other Blessings· siman 234

Se’if 1א׳

הָרוֹצֶה לְהִתְפַּלֵּל מִנְחָה גְּדוֹלָה וּמִנְחָה קְטַנָּה, אֵין רָאוּי לוֹ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל רְשׁוּת, אֶלָּא הַגְּדוֹלָה; וְאִם יִתְפַּלֵּל הַגְּדוֹלָה חוֹבָה, לֹא יִתְפַּלֵּל הַקְּטַנָּה כִּי אִם רְשׁוּת; אֲבָל אֵין רָאוּי לְהִתְפַּלֵּל תְּפִלַּת רְשׁוּת, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן מַכִּיר בְּעַצְמוֹ שֶׁהוּא זָהִיר וְזָרִיז וְאָמִיד בְּדַעְתּוֹ לְכַוֵּן בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ מֵרֹאשׁ וְעַד סוֹף בְּלֹא הֶסַח הַדַּעַת, אֲבָל אִם אֵינוֹ מְכַוֵּן בָּהּ יָפֶה קָרִינַן בֵּיהּ: לָמָּה לִי רֹב זִבְחֵיכֶם (יְשַׁעְיָה א, יא). הַגָּה: אֵין לוֹמַר אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁקֹּדֶם מִנְחָה, אֶלָּא כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ מִנְיָן בְּבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת, כְּדֵי שֶׁיֹּאמְרוּ עָלָיו הַקַּדִּישׁ שֶׁלִּפְנֵי תְּפִלַּת הַמִּנְחָה (הַגָּהַת סְמַ"ק וְכָל בּוֹ). יֵשׁ שֶׁכָּתְבוּ שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לוֹמַר פָּרָשַׁת הַתָּמִיד קֹדֶם אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁל תְּפִלַּת הַמִּנְחָה, נֶגֶד תָּמִיד שֶׁל בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם, וּמִנְהָג יָפֶה הוּא (אַבּוּדַרְהַם בְּשֵׁם הר"י וּבֵית יוֹסֵף).

One who wishes to pray both the greater afternoon prayer and the lesser afternoon prayer — it is not fitting for him to pray as voluntary other than the greater one; and if he prays the greater one as obligatory, he should pray the lesser one only as voluntary. But it is not fitting to pray a voluntary prayer unless he recognises in himself that he is careful and diligent, and confident in his mind that he can direct his heart in his prayer from beginning to end without a lapse of attention; but if he does not direct his heart in it properly, we apply to him: "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?" (Isaiah 1:11). Hagah [Rema]: One does not say Ashrei (the psalm "Happy are they") before the afternoon prayer except when there is a minyan in the synagogue, so that they say over it the Kaddish that precedes the afternoon prayer (Hagahot Semak, and Kol Bo). Some have written that it is the custom to say the passage of the daily offering before the Ashrei of the afternoon prayer, corresponding to the daily offering of the afternoon, and it is a fine custom (Abudarham in the name of Rabbeinu Yonah, and Beit Yosef).

Se’if 2ב׳

אִם שָׁכַח וְלֹא הִתְפַּלֵּל מִנְחָה, מִתְפַּלֵּל עַרְבִית שְׁתַּיִם; וְאוֹמֵר אַשְׁרֵי קֹדֶם תְּפִלָּה שֶׁהִיא תַּשְׁלוּמִין לִתְפִלַּת הַמִּנְחָה. וְעַיֵּן לְעֵיל סִימָן ק"ח.

If he forgot and did not pray the afternoon prayer, he prays the evening prayer twice; and he says Ashrei before the prayer that is the making up for the afternoon prayer. And see above, siman 108.

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