Praying on time or reciting Shema early?
Question
If a person wakes up 10 minutes before the end of the prayer time, what should they do? Should they pray only the Shemoneh Esrei, or as usual, even if it means missing the prayer time?
Thank you very much
Answer
Shalom Rav
He should first say Baruch She'amar, Ashrei, Yishtabach, the Shema and its blessings, and then pray. Even if this causes him to miss the prayer time.
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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
Mishnah Berurah, Siman 71, S"K 4
But he should not skip the Shema and its blessings at all, even if this means he will have to pray the Shemoneh Esrei after a third of the day.
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