When time is pressing at Mincha, how should the congregation pray — each silently with the chazan then repeating aloud, or the chazan aloud simultaneously with the congregation?
Synopsis
When there is insufficient time for the congregation to pray silently and the chazan to repeat aloud, authorities dispute whether the congregation must first pray silently while the chazan then says only the first three blessings aloud, or whether the chazan prays aloud simultaneously with the congregation.
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