Minchah alone on time or making it up at Arvit?

Question

After the clock change, Minchah falls in the middle of the workday. If a person cannot manage to come to Minchah with a minyan, which is preferable: to pray alone at the proper time, or to come later to Arvit with the congregation and make up the Shemoneh Esreh of Minchah?

Rav Adiria Pinchas · Accepted Answer

Shalom u-verachah,

In general, one should prepare in advance for the winter period and look for a minyan near one's place of work; it is common that in many workplaces prayers are held with a minyan, in coordination with the workplace management.
Insofar as it was not possible to pray Minchah with a minyan, one should certainly pray it alone (see Mishnah Berurah, siman 108, letter 21), and not rely on the tefillat tashlumin in the evening, which is prayed only when, due to an error or circumstances beyond one's control, one did not pray the previous tefillah. And see Shulchan Aruch, siman 108, se'ifim 1, 7, 8.

Blessing and success,