Can one blessing cover the search of multiple houses?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that a single blessing suffices for searching multiple houses. The Mishnah Berurah discusses whether walking between houses constitutes an interruption; the Chok Yosef and Ma'amar Mordechai hold it does not, though the Chayei Adam disagrees when the store is in a different courtyard.
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