Honoring Parents Versus Praying with a Minyan
Question
Is one required to go to a vacation rental where a minyan cannot be found because of honoring parents?
Answer
Hello and blessings
There is no need.
When a father tells his son to do something, and as a result he will miss out on a mitzvah, or stumble in some transgression, the son has no mitzvah to listen to him.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, siman 240, se'if 15
If his father tells him to transgress words of Torah, whether a positive commandment or a negative commandment, and even a rabbinic mitzvah, he should not listen to him.
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