Prayer after childbirth

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Question

A woman who usually prays Shacharit and Mincha. Now, about two weeks after childbirth, the baby cries a lot and barely allows her to sleep. Can she sleep in the morning without an alarm clock, even if it is likely that she will miss the prayer time and even noon? (And if so, should she pray Mincha twice?) Thank you.

Answer

Hello

A woman after childbirth is considered ill, and what she can easily pray, she should pray, and what she cannot easily - she should not pray.

Moreover, any woman while she is engaged in taking care of her children, or anything necessary for them, is considered 'engaged in a mitzvah' and is exempt from prayer.

In order for a woman to be able to take care of her children, she needs to sleep well, and in the described case where she cannot sleep at another time, she can initially sleep at this time and not pray.

Regarding making up the prayer, if she can easily make it up in the next prayer, she can make it up as one who did not pray due to compulsion. However, she should not push herself and strive to make it up, as I explained at the beginning of the answer.

Source

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 108

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