For foods other than bread and wine, can one person's blessing cover others without reclining (haseivah)?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that for foods other than bread and wine, one person can cover others without reclining, though sitting together is still required. The Rema records a dissenting view that sitting (equivalent to reclining today) does not help for non-bread/wine foods either.
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