<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">As R. Akiva observes, Mincha / Maariv minyanim are to be found in many shuls across the spectrum. In all the ones I have been at, Mincha is after plag and Maariv is before nightfall. In most (but not all cases), Mincha is before sunset and Maariv is after sunset.<br>
<br>It is an interesting question if such minyanim should be condemned along with Super Bowl adjustments and later Sunday morning Shacharit.<br><br>Dorron Katzin<br><br><br></font></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:54, <a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
If I understood R"n Toby Katz correctly, she is suggesting that there's little or no difference between:<br>
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(A) a late Shacharis minyan on sunday, and<br>
(B) a half-time Maariv minyan for the superbowl.<br>
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To some degree or another, either both are okay, or neither is okay. That is an amazing analysis. I've gotten so used to the late-sunday minyan that this comparison never occured to me. Thanks so much!<br>
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Here's another situation which might be (pardon the pun) in the same ballpark: Allowing a combined Mincha-Maariv minyan in the same post-Plag and pre-Night block of time, which ought to be avoided, but is allowed simply to maximize minyan attendance. Basically it comes down to balancing the convenience and desires of the attendees, against the goals and ideals of Torah, does it not?<br>
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Akiva Miller<br></blockquote></div></div>