Missed Mincha

Can i be משלים מנחה by מעריב

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Allow me to begin by emphasizing that “Tashlumin” – make-up prayers, are only permitted when one missed a prayer completely unintentionally. It is never permitted for one to say to oneself that one will miss the current prayer and simply say two Shemoneh Esreis at the nest service. The miss of prayer must essentially be due to circumstances beyond one’s control.

Here is how the Tashlumin, compensatory prayer works.

1. When one recites a Shemoneh Esrei for having missed a service the wording of the Shemoneh Esrei is the same wording as the Shemoneh Esrei of the current service regardless of the prayer one missed. For example, one who missed Shabbat Mincha will recite two Shemoneh Esreis at Ma’ariv after Shabbat even though the Shemoneh Esrei recited now is nothing like the Shabbat Mincha prayer that one missed.

2. One must have in mind that the first Shemoneh Esrei is the current prayer and the second Shemoneh Esrei corresponds to the missed prayer.

3. One who missed Ma’ariv recites Shacharit as normal and immediately after to recite the Tefillat Tashlumim.If however, one waits until the second Ashrei, after that, he can still say a second Shemoneh Esrei and then continue with Lamnatzeiach/U’va l’tziyon and the conclusion of Shacharit.

4. One who missed Shacharit recites Mincha as normal and immediately after to pray the second Shemoneh Esrey of Tashlumim, 

5. One who missed Mincha recites Ma’ariv as normal. After the Shemoneh Esrei of Ma’ariv one then waits a few moments and recites a second Shemoneh Esrei.

6. A chazzan who requires a Tashlumin prayer for having missed the previous prayer: his repetition of the Shemoneh Esrei serves as his Tashlumin

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