Can three who came from three separate groups (each of which made zimun) combine to make a new zimun?
Synopsis
When three individuals each came from a group that already made zimun, the Mechaber rules they cannot make a new zimun — the zimun obligation has 'flown away' from them. If no zimun was made in their original groups, they must make zimun together.
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