The Maimonides Minyan meets for tefilah three times a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year,  within the beautiful S. Joseph Solomont Synagogue of the Maimonides School.

Because an understanding of the prayer service is so important, many of our regular classes focus on a study of the prayers.

Weekday Shacharit

The Maimonides Minyan meets for Shacharit every day of the year.

  • Monday through Friday
    6:30am
    The latest sunrises of the year in Brookline, Mass are at 7:14am on 1/3, and 7:16 on 11/6.  By starting daily at 6:30, we enable to kehilah to don Talit and Teffilin before the start of Tefilah each regular day of the year – without needing to change our regular prayer appointment with the “Ribono Shel Olam.”
  • Shabbat and the three Regalim
    8:30am
    The earliest time to end the Shema according to the Vilna Gaon, in Brookline, MA are 9:02 on 3/7, 8:52 on 11/1, and 8:55 on 6/9.  By starting each Shabbat and Yom Tov at 8:30am, we enable the kehilah to recite the Shema and its blessings at the proper time each Shabbat of the year – without needing to change our regular prayer appointment with the “Ribbono Shel Olam.”
  • Sundays and Legal Holidays
    8:00am
  • Rosh Chodesh, Chol Hamoeid, Fast Days
    6:15am

Consult the monthly calendar for Shacharit teams on special days.

Mincha & Maariv before and after Shabbat

The Minyan also meets for Mincha and Maariv before and after Shabbat.

  • Friday summer afternoons
    7pm
    The Rav felt that one could rely on the opinions of the Pnei Yehoshua (Brachot, 4) and the Aruch Hashulchan (233) that allow communities to begin Shabbat early when there are counter-pressures why it is necessary to do so.  He also felt that 7pm was a suitable time to begin; ostensibly because this time maximizes the minyan attendance.
  • Friday winter afternoons
    15 minutes before sunset
    By beginning Mincha at least 13 minutes before sunset, we guarantee that the entire prayer is completed in its proper time, which is by sunset.
  • Shabbat mincha
    Usually 35 minutes before sunset
    By beginning Mincha at this time, we guarantee that we can finish Mincha and began the third Shabbat meal, before sunset.
  • Shabbat evening
    Usually 35 minutes after sunset
    Though the practice is not to end Shabbat until 42 minutes have past after sunset, the Rav felt that one could daven the Maariv associated with the weekday much earlier than that.  By beginning Maariv 35 minutes after sunset, we guarantee that the Havdalah in Shul is recited after the termination of Shabbat.
  • Sunday evening
    Usually 12 minutes before sunset

Weekday Mincha and Maariv follow the school Minyan schedule. Call 617-232-4452 for times.

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