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<DIV><BR>RSM:<BR>> >>. Are you in doubt as to whether the
Ushpizin count for a minyan? A<BR>> mezuman? <<</DIV>
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<DIV>TK: <BR><BR>>> If you have nine men at a bris do you not count
Eliyahu Hanavi as the<BR>tenth?<<</DIV>
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<DIV>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
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<DIV>>>AFAIK, the only need for a minyan is for bentching. I don't
<BR>think the Nodeh L'shimcha is sid without one.<<</DIV>
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<DIV>I then asked him, </DIV>
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<DIV><BR><So re bentshing -- can you add the Nodeh L'shimcha to the bentshing
<BR>if you have nine men and Eliyahu Hanavi?></DIV>
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<DIV>And RDM said, <BR><BR>>>Only if the ushpizin in the sukkah
count. In other words, no.<<<BR><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
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