If the blower cannot finish, may another person complete the blasts?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that if the blower cannot finish, another completes the blasts, even with multiple substitutions. The first blower's blessing suffices, provided the subsequent blowers were present for the blessing. Even if the first blower cannot blow at all after blessing, the blessing is not wasted.
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