Chapter 69 – Minhah (prayers offered in the afternoon) Services
69.1) The Minhah (prayers offered in the afternoon) is said when the day is yet long and you are absorbed in your affairs; therefore, you should interrupt your day’s business to say the afternoon prayer.
69.2) The proper time to say Minhah is 3:30 p.m.
69.3) Do not begin a meal within one-half hour before time to say Minhah.
69.4) Wash your hands up to the wrists before saying Minhah.
69.5) Do not recite Ashrei (a prayer that is recited at least three times daily in Jewish prayers), the beginning of the Minhah, until ten male adults are assembled to do so.
69.6) If time is limited for the Minhah, abbreviated prayers may be said. (See source for details, or consult a rabbi.)
69.7) If you arrive late at the synagogue, join the congregation in saying Shemoneh esreh and then recite Ashrei afterward.
69.8) Do not say Grace if the Minhah service is delayed until nightfall.
69.9) If you arrive at synagogue after the Sabbath has already been ushered in, you should go to another synagogue to say Minhah.