May a person who is praying the Amidah silently (and cannot answer) or who is asleep be counted toward the minyan?
Synopsis
The Mechaber permits counting both a person in the middle of private prayer and a sleeping person as part of the ten. The Taz disputes the sleeping person's inclusion.
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