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size=2>>>. Are you in doubt as to whether the Ushpizin count for a
minyan? A mezuman? Do they affect issur yichud? I rather imagine the answer is
"of course not". I don't know of any basis for thinking that panim chadashot is
any different.<BR><BR>It is true that there is one non-corporal entity which
counts as panim chadashot: Shabbat. AFAIK, this is the only such
case....<<<BR><BR>Saul Mashbaum</FONT></DIV><FONT
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size=2>If you have nine men at a bris do you not count Eliyahu Hanavi as the
tenth? Of course since he went up alive to Heaven, he may not be
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PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
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