[Avodah] Is Mincha Different?

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

  On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 02:28:39PM +0000, Rich, Joel via Avodah wrote:
> : S"A 90:9 the following statement appears-"V'hu hadin bnai adam hadarim
> : b'yshuvim v'ein lahem minyan mkol makom yitpallu shacharit v'arvit bzman
> : shehatzibur mitpallim (smag)." Question - why isn't mincha mentioned?

It seems to me that "shacharit v'arvit" here may not mean the tefillot 
but the times: they should daven each morning and evening when they know 
the minyan in the city is davening.  The city minyan presumably does 
mincha and maariv together in one evening session, so that's what 
individuals should do.

This is so especially if this is from the Smag, and we know from Rashi 
and Tosfos Brachos 2a that the minhag in France at that time was to 
daven maariv immediately after mincha, while it was still daylight.

We also know from elsewhere that minhag Ashkenaz at a later time was 
similarly to go straight from the Kaddish Tiskabel after Mincha to Vehu 
Rachum and Borchu, with no Aleinu or Shir Hamaalos/kaddish (or Ledavid 
in Elul) in between.


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