There is a disagreement
between the medieval commentators on whether prayer with a minyan is preferable
or obligatory. Rashi is of the view that an individual is obligated to pray
with a minyan, while Nahmanides holds that only if ten adult males are present
are they obliged to recite their prayer together, but an individual is not
required to seek out a minyan.[9]
Rashi and the Tosafot[10]
are both of the opinion that one is required to travel the distance of 4 mil to
pray with a minyan (contemporary authorities differ as to whether this is a
distance or a time that it would have taken to travel this distance and with
modern technology one would need to travel a lot further). The Mishnah Berurah
writes that one who is sitting at home must travel up to one mil.[11]
takes around 60 minutes to
walk 4 mil
takes 5 minutes in a city to
drive 1 mil
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