[Avodah] Sheva Berakhos without the couple

[elazar teitz via Avodah]

"Does this mean that if a man needs to leave a wedding early, he should really
invest the effort to find 9 others and not just 3, not only because zimun
requires trying, but also because the 10 of you would be
passing up a chance to bentch the chasan & kallah!"

     Actually, even without regard for Sheva B'rochos, the din of zimmun
requires that one not who has eaten with a minyan not bentsch with less
than a minyan.  There is mention on OC 193:1 that only where there would be
difficulty in a minyan hearing, thus necessitating the bentsching calling
attention to itself and thus offending the host, that it can be done in
groups of three; it would seem to be a kal vachomer that gathering ten and
saying Sheva B'rochos would be even more noticeable, and thus more
hurtful.  It would also seem that if one person has to leave, he should not
request two others to join him in zimmun unless they, too, must leave
early, since otherwise they should not violate their obligation of proper
zimmun so that the one leaving have an incomplete fulfillment of his
obligation.

EMT
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