Reply To: Aura of Shabbos

Taken from essay by Rabbi Aaron Cohen:

The Shulchan Aruch (263:12-13) rules that when a community accepts Shabbos, individuals in that community are prohibited from doing melacha. On the other hand, the Shulchan Aruch also makes clear that while one may not daven the weekday Mincha in a minyan which has accepted Shabbos, it is permissible to daven Mincha outside the Shul. This seems contradictory: how can the person daven the weekday Mincha if he has been forced to accept Shabbos? The Chayei Adam (33:4) explains: ?? ???? ???

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[than other areas of Shabbos, allowing one to daven the weekday Mincha], for according to the essential Halacha it would be appropriate to daven the regular Shemoneh Esrai [on Shabbos], but because of the honor of Shabbos, the Chachamim did not impose this obligation [see Berachos 21a, Shulchan Aruch 268:2]; therefore, since the person did not accept Shabbos [himself, but it is only imposed due to the acceptance of the community], they

adhered to the essential Halacha [and allowed the person to daven the weekday Mincha].