Prayer Delayed or in a Non-Regular Place
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Question
Sometimes one is late for the first 'Barchu' of Maariv, and there are two options: to enter the synagogue and pray, relying on the 'Barchu' after the prayer, or to move to another minyan that is starting Maariv and thereby lose the fixed place for prayer in the first synagogue? This concerns a person who is strict about having a fixed place for prayer.
Answer
Shalom Rav
A fixed place is preferable.
Indeed, if he also has a fixed place in the second synagogue, it is better to pray there from the beginning of the prayer.
[For we find that it has been discussed in the poskim whether a fixed place alone is preferable over prayer with a congregation, and certainly in this case].
Source
Eshle Avraham (Tanyana, Siman 90, S.K. 19).