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Maariv on Time or with a Minyan?

Question

Hello and blessings, Is it preferable to recite Maariv before midnight alone or after midnight with a minyan? Thank you very much.

Answer

Hello Rabbi,

One should recite the Shema before midnight. Afterwards, wait and pray with a minyan after midnight.

Answered 26 February 2025 How answers are reviewed
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Rabbi Israel Cohen
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

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 108.

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