Recitation of Shema in the Evening Prayer - Before Midnight | Sheilot

Recitation of Shema in the Evening Prayer - Before Midnight

Question

In the yeshiva where I study, there are evening prayer services until two in the morning. Is it obligatory to pray at the earliest minyan to recite the Shema before midnight, or can one pray at one-thirty or two if it is a regular minyan?

Answer

Shalom and blessings 

One must pray in a minyan where the Shema is recited before midnight. 


Answered 7 September 2025 How answers are reviewed
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi A. Fried, shlita

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