Prayer on the Bus or a Shortened Prayer
Question
Every morning I leave early for work and do not manage to recite the entire prayer service.
Which is preferable: to pray everything on the way while traveling, including the Shemoneh Esreh, or to recite the morning blessings, Shema, and Shemoneh Esreh at home, and complete the rest while traveling?
Which is preferable: to pray everything on the way while traveling, including the Shemoneh Esreh, or to recite the morning blessings, Shema, and Shemoneh Esreh at home, and complete the rest while traveling?
Answer
Shalom and blessings
It is preferable to pray on the bus, because in the second option you would miss Baruch She’amar and Yishtabach, which you will not be able to make up afterward.
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