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MB2 147a: The Optimal Time to Daven Mincha (233:1)

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

There is a machloket whether the earliest optimal time for mincha is a 1/2 hour after halachic noon or mincha ketana (3.5 variable hours after halachic noon). Can you begin Ashrei (and lain on a fast day) before mincha gedolah?

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA is the Associate Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere. He has been giving a Daf Yomi shiur for 30 years (available on YUTorah), and also gives a weekly gemara be’iyun shiur, daily halacha shiurim, and many other classes. An international lecturer on medical and halachic issues, Rabbi Dr. Glatt has autho...

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