- Q. Hello Rav! I arrived at shul to discover I had left my tefillin at home. I had to choose to daven without them and then put them on around 5pm after work (or for mincha) vs. driving home to get them and davening without a minyan. Which is preferred?
I'm assuming that its preferred to go home and get them and daven alone, but would that still be true if it would mean my time would be very limited before work starts and I would need to skip most of Pezukei D'Zirma? Thanks.
A. The best would have been if you could have borrowed a pair of tefilin from the shul. It is likely that a shul keeps some extra donated ones for situations like this.
Otherwise, it is better to get them, and recite Krias Shema with them on, even if you miss the minyan, since there is a prohibition of reciting the Shema in the morning without tefilin.
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