[Avodah] Minyan Choices

[Rich, Joel]

[Micha:]
> I hope you are really what I would choose, and not what I should choose.
> Because lehalakhah, Qdushah and the greater number of Qaddeishim give
> priority to Shacharis. Not to mention there being no heter in the morning
> to compromise the mitzvah at hand for plans of a later mitzvah.

> But what I would prefer is minchah, in a heartbeat. Shacharis has all
> that lead in. By the time we get to Shema and Shemoneh Esrei, I can
> have kavanah. Minchah -- minyan allows for a greater change of context.
> Here I am coming from the workplace, the only prep is Ashrei (or an
> abbreviated Qorbanos and Ashrei). I need the minyan to have any likelihood
> of feeling

The question of relative priorities is always complex. I don't think
this question has an algorithmic response Other than if you say all
other things are equal, Which of course they never are.

Kt
Joel Rich