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What are the criteria required for establishing a new Minyan?

Some considerations (not an exhaustive list) for why people might want a new Minyan:

  1. Different נוסח (perhaps very few people in the community Davened this different נוסח at one time, but now more people with that נוסח have moved to the community).

  2. Personal grievance (shared by the group).

  3. Convenience (location and/or scheduling).

  4. Too Heimishe (ie., too much talking).

  5. Not Heimishe enough (ie., no socialization, even at permitted times or after Davening).

  6. Personal preference (speed, speeches, announcements, Mi SheBerachs, etc.).

Are there hard and fast requirements for establishing a new Minyan? Guidelines? If a Minyan is established not in accordance with the requirements/guidelines, does this preclude someone from attending the Minyan, whatever his motivations might be?

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Sounds familiar... is this not a duplicate or something? I haven't time to search at the moment, alas. – msh210♦ Aug 3 '12 at 18:27
@msh210, It's possible. I may have even asked it before, as this is something I've thought about many times. I did not see it, though. – Seth J Aug 3 '12 at 18:31
Sometimes the existing location simply runs out of space. – Danny Schoemann Apr 9 at 11:02

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If you have 10 people who want to pray, you can make a minyan. You don't need a special reason, other than perhaps, it is time for shachris, mincha, mariv.

The only people who will be excluded are non-Jews, or people who have performed the prayers for that time of the day.

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I think the OP is asking about creating a regular minyan that meets at a fixed time and place even when there are other minyanim in the area for that service. – Charles Koppelman May 14 at 14:30
there is no problem with that either. If you come to new york city, monesy, jerusalem. you will see there are plenty of people forming their own minyans on a daily basis. there are no cicumstancial difficulties or obsticles other than the right prayers at the correct time, and the minimum amount of people participating (10 minimum) – Ess Kay May 14 at 14:35
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I'm asking about establishing a new Minyan when there are already options available that can, at least in theory, serve the needs of those establishing the Minyan. If you have some Halachic source that supports what you are saying, please include it. There are reasons to oppose the establishment of a new Minyan, such as Poreish Min HaTzibur, so I'm looking for guidelines or rules (if they exist). If you know with certainty that they do not, then please state that case as well. – Seth J May 14 at 14:45
Sure, if you would like to contribute to a community by being a leader, Here is a good place to start resources.havurah.org/2009/12/starting-a-new-havurah-or-minyan – Ess Kay May 14 at 15:14
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@EssKay, that's not how it works. An answer should provide useful information, not just random links (which aren't even in your answer). You want the rep, you do the work of summarizing. As it stands, this post doesn't seem to answer the question and is likely to be removed if you don't edit to improve it. – Monica Cellio♦ May 14 at 20:56
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