[Avodah] conservative and reform for a minyan

[Eli Turkel]

The daily halacha list sent the following clarification

Several readers asked us for clarification between last week's halacha
#1183 and #1186, as follows:


1183. Jews who sin out of a lack of knowledge of the mitzvos (aka
'tinok shenishba') [even if they sin in a mitzvah that the Torah
prescribes the death penalty for] may nevertheless be counted towards
a minyan. Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Berurah 55:11

1186. One may not count one who denies the truth of Torah Sh'baal Peh
- aka The Oral Torah (and certainly one who denies The Written Torah
received at Sinai via Moshe Rabbeinu) towards a minyan. [One may not
count Conservative or Reform Jews towards a minyan.] Shulchan Aruch
w/Mishnah Berurah 55:11, Piskei Tshuvos 55:21


Clarification: Conservative or Reform Jews who believe in Conservative
or Reform dogma that denies any portion of the Oral Law - Torah
Sh'baal Peh, may not be counted towards a minyan. They may pray with
the minyan, but are not counted towards the 10. However, Jews who
consider themseleves Conservative or Reform, but do not knowingly deny
the truth of The Oral Law (or any portion of it) are classified as
Tinok Shenishba, and may be counted towards a minyan.

-- 
Eli Turkel