tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post9205639915150902343..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Davening At Shuls Which Hold By Different Zemanimjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-12693805149147391742007-08-10T13:37:00.000-04:002007-08-10T13:37:00.000-04:00Well, the Rambam's point seems to have been that t...Well, the Rambam's point seems to have been that the Mishna said "ain lo keva," that it had no fixed time, and the Gemara explains this as according to the opinion (that we technically hold like) that it is a reshut rather than requirement. So you would not need disagreement, but rather can say it whenever.<BR/><BR/>Others however maintain that it does have a fixed start point as whenever you can no longer say Mincha, in which case it hooks into that dispute just as much as the Mincha dispute does -- which brings us to all the consistency issues.<BR/><BR/>Rambam mentions a custom to pray two Minchas - one as a reshut, and yet that Mincha had a fixed time, so perhaps not.<BR/><BR/>There is also the issue of saying the night Shema, which has a fixed time, even if Maariv does not.<BR/><BR/>Regardless, it seems that the halacha encodes the legitimateness of the dispute, though many require that when you take a position, you maintain eternal consistency.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-7616272407640118592007-08-10T08:39:00.000-04:002007-08-10T08:39:00.000-04:00If maariv is technically a custom not a requiremen...If maariv is technically a custom not a requirement, wouldn't that create more room for legitimate disagreement as to when it can be said?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com