Does one engaged in communal needs (tzorchei tzibbur) need to interrupt to pray?
Synopsis
One engaged in communal affairs is likened to one engaged in Torah. Authorities dispute whether this means one may begin prayer from that state of 'joy,' or whether one is fully exempt from interrupting to pray.
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