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<p>What happens when not all of the ten people that have gathered for the minyan are davening now? Is it considered Tefilah b’Tzibbur? One of the outdoor minyanim in Far Rockaway will sometimes have people that have already davened. At times the speed of
the minyan is not compatible with what that mispallel is used to and he will opt to daven later. Is that considered full-fledged Tefilah b’Tzibbur?</p>
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<p>The answer: It is a very good question and a fascinating halachic debate.</p>
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<p>At the heart of the matter lies a controversially read Chayei Odom (Klal 19:1). Rabbi Avrohom Danziger (1748-1820) writes in his Chayei Odom:</p>
<p>“And the essence of Tefilah b’Tzibbur is the prayer of Shmoneh Esreh, that is – ten adult people who will pray together. And not like the masses think, that the essence of praying with ten is just so that one can hear kaddish and kedusha and Barchu. Therefore,
they are not careful to pray together – they just ensure that there are ten people in shul, and it is a great error.”</p>
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<p>TWO WAYS TO READ THE CHAYEI ODOM</p>
<p>Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l (1895-1986) addressed this issue in the years 1951 and 1952 in a series of Teshuvos. In Igros Moshe OC I #28, Rav Moshe understands this Chayei Odom as actually saying that all ten must be davening together and that if even one
is not davening it is not full-fledged Tfilah B’Tzibbur.</p>
<p>In the very next Teshuvah in the Igros Moshe is addressed to Rabbi Mordechai Spielman (1923-2007). Rabbi Spielman argues that the Chayei Odom could be read to indicate that the majority is davening.</p>
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