Reading Twice Mikra and Once Targum
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Question
Hello, A person who has not completed his weekly portions of reading twice Mikra and once Targum before Mincha on Shabbat, and comes to pray Mincha - if he has the option to pray Mincha later, should he complete the study and pray at the later Mincha? If the person has already started listening to the Torah reading at the first Mincha, and was even called up to the Torah - should he leave the minyan he started, go study twice Mikra, and then join the later minyan?
Answer
Hello
It is correct to postpone the Mincha prayer until completing the reading of twice Mikra and once Targum. So that it is finished before the community begins reading the next portion.
Of course, there is no benefit in leaving the minyan after starting to listen to the Torah reading. Because the community has already begun the next portion.
Additionally, it is forbidden to leave in the middle of the Torah reading.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 285, סעיף 4