When three people eat together and one eats gentile bread (pat akum) while the others do not, may they combine for zimun?
Synopsis
When diners eat different foods — one eating pat akum (gentile bread) which some avoid, others eating only Jewish bread — the question is whether they may form a zimun group (tziruf). The rule depends on whether any member could eat the others' food.
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