[Avodah] Tzedaqah Before T'filah

[Rich, Joel]

> Question: how come most qehilos routinely collect tzedaqah during
> hazaras hasha"tz?

Because more people are there, and they aren't busy davening.

--
Zev Sero
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Or listening to chazarat hashatz???
IIRC the S"A says to give before davening, the Ari at Vayivarech (actually iirc "to set aside"), and no one that I could find says during chazarat hashatz.
Oh well- bnai neviim heim.
KT
Joel Rich

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