Are laborers obligated to wait for a zimmun (quorum for communal Birkat HaMazon) before reciting Birkat HaMazon?
Synopsis
Whether laborers must wait for others to form a zimmun is disputed among later authorities. The Magen Avraham questions the Smah's ruling that they need not wait, while the Aruch HaShulchan offers a middle position: they join a zimmun already present but need not wait for one to form.
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