Regular Minyan After a Fast
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Question
Hello, A person who tries to pray Maariv in a regular minyan, which prays 40 minutes after sunset. However, on fast days, the prayer is 20 minutes after sunset. There is another prayer which is 30 minutes after sunset. How should he act? Can he pray in the earlier minyan? And what about the recitation of Shema?
Answer
Hello
Regarding the main question, the opinion of our teacher, the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita, is that the main rule is 30 minutes after sunset.
It is possible to pray earlier and then recite the Shema afterwards.
It is permissible to pray, when necessary, in a minyan that is not your regular minyan.