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Halachic aspects of relocating an established minyan

In my other answer, I addressed the specific issue of an individual praying in a home minyan rather than in a synagogue. You asked in comments to clarify the halacha for an entire community that would ...
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Halachic aspects of relocating an established minyan

I like how you wrote up the question. It became quite relevant post-COVID when people had to decide whether to disband home/street minyanim and come back to synagogues. A person in this situation ...
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hat and jacket during davening

If this is a practical question, CYLOR. It is a machlokes: Rav Chaim Kanievsky (Sheilas Rav p. 194) says better to daven alone with a hat than daven with a minyan without a hat: On the other hand, ...
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How much is one obligated to help a struggling minyan?

See Mishnah Berurah 55:70 that he is not OBLIGATED. אם מי מהן רוצה לילך למקום אחר שיש בה מנין אין יכולין לכופו כלל If someone wants to go to another place where there is a minyan, one can not force ...
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Pregnant woman with male fetus in a minyan?

The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim 55:4) talks about adding a Katan to a minyan: יש מתירים לומר דבר שבקדושה בתשעה וצירוף קטן שהוא יותר מבן שש ויודע למי מתפללין ולא נראין דבריהם לגדולי הפוסקים וה"ה ...
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