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Zimmun of Ten

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When two people eat together and one knows how to recite Birkat Hamazon but the other does not, may the knowledgeable one fulfill the obligation for the other?

6 opinions across 2 eras

Discharging Others' Obligation

When two people eat together and both know Birkat Hamazon, should each recite it independently or may one recite for both?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Two Knowledgeable Diners

Are three people who ate together obligated to make a zimun, and are they forbidden from separating?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Obligation of Three to Make …

When two people eat together, is it a mitzvah to seek a third person in order to create an obligation of zimun?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Seeking a Third Person

When may a group of six or more separate into smaller groups for zimun?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Separating Large Groups

May a large group that cannot hear the zimun leader split into smaller groups of three (rather than ten) to facilitate zimun?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Splitting Large Groups Due t…

When do diners who did not all begin eating together still combine for zimun?

4 opinions across 3 eras

Joint Establishment (Keviyut…

Do riders on animals or people walking while eating join for zimun?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Eating in Transit

Is zimun performed when eating in a non-Jew's house?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Zimun in a Non-Jew's Home

Does a zimun obligation arise for three who sat down to eat and recited Hamotzi but have not yet eaten a kezayit?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Obligation Before Eating a K…

Can three who came from three separate groups (each of which made zimun) combine to make a new zimun?

4 opinions across 3 eras

Combining After Prior Zimun …

May one person from each of three groups of three separate and form a new zimun group, leaving only two in each original group?

2 opinions

Departing from Groups to For…

Does zimun apply when three ate together from the seven species (shivat haminim) but not bread?

2 opinions

Zimun for Seven Species