[Avodah] Chazarat hashatz

[Aryeh Stein]

RZS wrote:
>>>The requirement is for *nine* answerers, not ten.

RAM wrote:

>>>Yes, indeed, that is correct. But there are indeed some poskim who
wrote words to the effect that "if ten people are paying close
attention to the chazan then xyz, but if less than ten are
listening..."

Can we say that when they wrote "ten", they really meant "nine"? Or is
there something deeper here?
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I assume that they meant "ten" - and,presumably, the chazan is
listening and paying close attention to the words that he himself is
saying in his chazaras hashatz, so he counts as one of the ten people
that are listening to chazaras hashatz.

KT,
Aryeh