When two people eat together, is it a mitzvah to seek a third person in order to create an obligation of zimun?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules it is a mitzvah for two who ate together to seek a third person to join them for zimun. The Mishnah Berurah extends this to include seeking a tenth for zimun with God's Name.
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