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If you daven more slowly than the chazzan, should you skip what someone who came late to davening would skip so that you can reach barchu with the tzibbur?

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Are you refering to psukei dezimra? – Double AA Jan 30 at 3:04
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Yes............ – Seth J Jan 30 at 3:20
@ Double AA. Yes – Ari A Jan 30 at 3:21
Kal Vachomer you should! – Hacham Gabriel Jan 30 at 3:21
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Absolutely not. Barchu can be answered at any time and if there were such an idea of skipping to say barchu in order, it surly would have been discussed regarding someone who came late.

However, this person has the same law as someone who came late and may skip in order to daven shemona esre together with the tzibbur. If he has time to skip and get ahead enough to daven sh"e with the tzibbur, he should do so regardless of when he says barchu.

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I thought you were supposed to try to say shema with the tzibbur as well. Is that not true? – Ari A Jan 30 at 4:12
@AriA yes, but it doesn't mean at the exact point they are at in Davening. – Hacham Gabriel Jan 30 at 4:14
@AriA, are you referring to the law that when the tzibbur is saying shema that he should to? That would refer to just the first pasuk and can be said together even in the middle of pesukei d'zimra. – YDK Jan 30 at 4:27
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Also, practically speaking, if you are not caught up by shema, how are you supposed to be caught up by smoneh esreh? – Ari A Jan 30 at 4:31
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@AriA, in short, shemona esre is the main catch up point. For a guy who is slower than the tzibbur, I would recommend (lechatechila) coming early and davening at a pace that will allow him to daven Shemona esre with the tzibbur without consideration of when he will be answering kaddish/Barchu. If he didn't come early enough to do that, then he is a "late-comer". What a late-comer skips should either be a different question, or you should edit your question to reflect what you want an answer to. – YDK Jan 31 at 0:41
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