If there are fewer than ten men present excluding the chazzan, must the chazzan himself respond to Bar'khu?
Synopsis
The Magen Avraham citing the Agudah rules that if the minyan requires the chazzan to complete ten, and he did not respond along with the congregation, he has not fulfilled his obligation.
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