Les Proverbes 14:28 Halakha : Mishneh Torah, Blessings, Kitzur Shulchan Arukh & Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim

When several persons had agreed to eat bread or drink wine in company, and one of them recited the blessing, while all the rest responded "Amen", they are permitted to eat and drink. If, however they had not intended to have a meal together but each came (without preconcerted arrangement) even though they should be eating of the same loaf, each of them recites the blessing for himself. This rule refers to bread and wine only. The consumption of other foods and beverages does not require an agreement to form one party. If any one of those present recites the blessing and the rest respond "Amen", they may all eat and drink, even if originally they had had no intention to form one company.

It is a great mitzvah to pray in a synagogue or in a Beis Midrash¹⁹House of Study. because these are sacred places. Even if it happens that there is no minyan,²⁰Ten people which form the quorum necessary for congregational prayer. Nevertheless it is better to pray in a house with a minyan rather than in a synagogue without a minyan. it is nevertheless a mitzvah to pray there even when praying alone, because these are holy places. If you usually study in a Beis Midrash you should also pray there, with ten people, even though in your city there is also a synagogue. However, if you are not accustomed to study in a Beis Midrash, you should pray in a synagogue where there is a multitude of people, for "In the multitude of people is the glory of the king."²¹Proverbs 14:28. If there are two synagogues in your city, you should go to the more distant one, in order to earn a reward for the added steps. Said Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi: "A person should always awaken early and go to a synagogue in order to be counted among the first ten people, because even if a hundred come after him, he receives a reward equal to all of them."²²Maseches Berachos 47b. Our Sages, of blessed memory, have also said: "Whoever goes morning and evening to the synagogue or to the Beis Midrash in the proper time, and remains there the proper amount of time, and conducts himself there with proper sanctity, will merit long life, as it is written: 'Fortunate is the man who listens to Me, watching daily at My gates, waiting at the posts of My door.'²³Proverbs 8:34. And it is written following this: 'For whoever finds Me finds life.'"²⁴Proverbs 8:35.,²⁵Maseches Berachos 8a.

It is best to say this berachah [early] in the morning, immediately after sunrise, because "The diligent perform all mitzvos promptly." It is best, if possible, to say it in an assembly of people for it is written: "In the multitude of people is the king's glory."⁶Proverbs 14: 28. (An announcement should be made on the day before to inform the public of the gathering). But if it is impossible to call an assembly for early in the morning, the berachah should not be postponed because of that. Rather, each person should say it immediately when he sees the rising sun. The rule that "The diligent do mitzvos promptly" takes precedence [over the rule that] "In the multitude …" If you have not said the berachah in the morning, you may still say it until the third hour of the day and in case of an emergency [you may say it] until noon. Therefore, if [the sky] is cloudy in the morning, and [the sun] is obscured, you should wait until it is near noon, perhaps the sun will by then appear, and you will be able to say the berachah mentioning God's Name and Kingship. But if the sun did not appear by then,⁷The Chasam Sofer states that when the sun itself is obscured, but its brightness emerges between the clouds, the berachah may be said. But when the sky is completely overcast, the berachah should not be said. (Mishnah Berurah 229: 8) you should say the berachah omitting the Name and Kingship. (The most recent kiddush hachamah occurred in the year 5741/1981. May we merit to live and see the light of the seven days of Creation.)