[Avodah] Keeping Up With The Tsibbur

[Rich, Joel]

>
> Who says you have to keep up with the minyan?  If you start Shmoneh 
> Esrei with them, can't you take as long as you want?
>

No.

If you do, you are preventing people from walking in front of you, and
you are preventing anyone within 4 amot of you from sitting down.  If
you take longer to complete the Amida than the tsibbur does, then you
are, at best, thoughtless, rude, and inconsiderate, unless you first
stick yourself in a corner more than 4 amot away from everyone else, and
that applies to both men and women.


			Jay F. ("Yaakov") Shachter
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I've always wondered about this since most people seem to ignore it and
walk in front - is it lack of knowledge or is there some heter? It's
particularly annoying when people come in late (e.g. for maariv) and
stand right by the door and are still in the middle of their amida when
the tzibbur is leaving.

KT
Joel Rich
		
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