[Avodah] Ushpizin and Sheva Berakhos

[T613K at aol.com]

RSM:
> >>. Are you in doubt as to whether the   Ushpizin count for a  minyan? A
> mezuman? <<
 
TK: 

>> If you have nine men at a bris do you not count  Eliyahu Hanavi as the
tenth?<<
 
.
After I wrote the above, a distinguished member (call him DM)  of this august 
body informed me off-list that a minyan is not required  for a bris at all, 
but I recalled that we did not have a minyan at our  son's bris -- we had nine 
men --and someone said, "It's OK, Eliyahu Hanavi makes  it ten."  To my query 
as to why it would matter, RDM  replied:




>>AFAIK, the only need for a minyan is for bentching. I don't  
think the Nodeh L'shimcha is sid without one.<<
 
I then asked him, 
 

<So re bentshing -- can you add the Nodeh L'shimcha to the bentshing  
if you have nine men and Eliyahu Hanavi?>
 
And RDM said, 

>>Only if the ushpizin in the sukkah  count.  In other words, no.<<

--Toby  Katz
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