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76:11 The time for saying the additional prayers is immediately after the morning prayers. One should not delay it beyond the seventh hour. 1 One who prayed it after the seventh hour is termed a sinner, nevertheless, one fulfills one's obligation because its' time is the whole day.

1) This and the times mentioned in the following law refer to ''seasonal hours'' which are each equal to one twelfth of the total time from sunrise to sunset (some say from dawn to dark).

זמן תפלת מוסף הוא מיד אחר תפלת שחרית ואין לאחרה יותר מעד סוף שבע שעות ואם התפלל אותה אחר שבע שעות נקרא פושע ואף על פי כן יצא ידי חובתו מפני שזמנה כל היום
76:12 One needed to pray two services, one for the afternoon prayers and one for the additional prayers, for example, (because) one delayed praying the additional prayers until (after) six and a half hours, 1 one needs to pray the afternoon service first, and after that the additional prayers. This is because that the afternoon services are (said) more often, and when we have (two events), the more frequent and the less frequent, the more frequent comes first. 2 In any case, with a minyan, one does not do this. 3

1) The time for the afternoon prayers begins six and a half hours after sunrise and ends at sunset. 2) The afternoon prayers are said daily, whereas the additional prayers are only said on Shabbat, Festivals and Rosh Hodesh (1st day of each month). 3) But the additonal prayers are said first.

היו לפניו להתפלל שתי תפלות אחת של מנחה ואחת של מוסף כגון שאיחר מלהתפלל מוסף עד שש שעות ומחצה צריך להתפלל תחלה מנחה ואחר כך מוסף משום דמנחה תדירה יותר וקיימא לן תדיר ושאינו תדיר תדיר קודם ומכל מקום בצבור אין לעשות כן
76:13 In the Kedusha of the addtional prayers when they say ''Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our G-d, the Lord is One.'' and immediately the congegration say ''One, He is our G-d...'' this is a mistake, because it is forbidden to say the word ''One'' twice in succession. 1 Rather they should say ''The Lord is One, He is our G-d...'' However the hazan, who waits for the congegration, can begin with the word ''One'', because he paused between them. 2

1) Repeating the description of G-d as ''One'' twice in succession, sounds to others as if one is acknowledging two separate gods (See Mishna Berurah 61:22). 2) Nowadays, (in both Nusach Ashkenaz and Sefard), the hazan says this phrase exactly like the rest of the congregation, leaving out the word ''One''.

בקדושה דמוסף שאומרים שמע ישראל ה' אלהינו ה' אחד ומיד אומרים הקהל אחד הוא אלהינו וכו' הוא טעות כי אסור לומר תיבת אחד שני פעמים רצופים אלא יאמר ה' אחד הוא אלהינו וכו' אך השליח צבור שהוא ממתין על הצבור יכול הוא להתחיל בתיבת אחד כיון שהפסיק בנתים

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