# 3900 Go With the Crowd?
Question
When someone is blowing Shofar for a patient at a retirement home, is it preferable to gather a minyan for this mitzva?
Answer
Although in general it is better to perform a mitzva ’Berov Am’ or with a significant group of participants, there is no essential need for having a minyan present for Tekias Shofar. (Nitei Gavriel 1: 45: 7). However, Mikroei Kodesh (p. 59) quotes the Meiri’s opinion that it is indeed preferable.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a.
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: September 22, 2022
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