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Prayer in a Minyan

Question

Hello, My wife is giving birth to our second child, and every morning I take care of our one-and-a-half-year-old daughter. Am I obligated to go to pray in a minyan, or can I pray at home? Thank you very much.

Answer

Hello and blessings,

If there is no one to watch your child, you are engaged in a mitzvah and are exempt.

Answered 20 June 2025 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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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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