Question about Work Commitments
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Question
Hello, I am not sure if this is a halachic or philosophical question. I hope you can answer me. I work in the public inquiries department at the council. I receive phone calls and visitors who come in person. I am not busy and have a lot of free time. I wanted to ask the following: 1) Regarding prayer — I am a mother of small children and cannot get up early to pray at home, the work allows me to pray, but I need to be available. What is preferable: to pray and stop in the middle to answer a call or attend to a resident who arrived (I pray the Shemoneh Esrei in another room — this is not about that, but until Shemoneh Esrei) — and this does not happen frequently, only occasionally. Or not to pray? 2) Is it permissible for me to work at another job during my free time — typing or anything else? I sit in a room alone, so it does not disturb other employees. Thank you very much, Be blessed!
Answer
Hello,
1. Recite the blessings for the Torah and the morning blessings, the section of the Tamid offering, and until then you may interrupt, afterwards say "Baruch She'amar", "Ashrei", "Yishtabach", the first section of "Shema", "Emet Veyatziv" until after "Shemoneh Esrei" — and do not interrupt between them.
2. If it does not interfere with the work and does not contradict your commitments, it is permissible.