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Driving to Airport Before Davening

If my brother needs a ride to the airport (which is around 30 minutes round trip), may I travel and come back afterwards and daven. The trip will start during alos hashachar and end after neitz hachama. Is this considered b'shaas hadchak or l'zorech mitzva, or should I ask him to take a cab even though he may be annoyed.

Answer:

It would be permitted to take him to the airport before davening. Although one should not tend to one's own affairs before davening, where a mitzvah is involved it is permitted to take care of the matter before davening--for instance, shopping for Shabbos before davening, where the foods might not be available later (Mishnah Berurah 250:1). In this case, you won't be able to take your brother later, and helping him, in particular where he might get annoyed by your not taking him, is a mitzvah ("do not ignore your flesh").

If possible, it is preferable to leave before alos hashachar, for the problem of attending to one's affairs before prayer begins at alos.

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