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# According to the halacha, it is permissible to start [[Chazarat HaShatz]] even if 4 people in the [[minyan]] are still [[davening]] the silent [[Shmoneh Esrei]]. However, it is better to wait until there are ten who are able to answer before starting [[Chazarat HaShatz]].<ref>Halacha Brurah 55:18-9, Mishna Brurah 55:32</ref> | # According to the halacha, it is permissible to start [[Chazarat HaShatz]] even if 4 people in the [[minyan]] are still [[davening]] the silent [[Shmoneh Esrei]]. However, it is better to wait until there are ten who are able to answer before starting [[Chazarat HaShatz]].<ref>Halacha Brurah 55:18-9, Mishna Brurah 55:32</ref> | ||
==Who Counts for a Minyan?== | ==Who Counts for a Minyan?== | ||
# A minimum of ten Jewish free adult men are necessary to form a [[minyan]]<Ref>Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 55:4<ref>. | # A minimum of ten Jewish free adult men are necessary to form a [[minyan]]<Ref>Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 55:4</ref>. | ||
# Though a deaf-mute is generally assumed to have the status of a Shoteh, there is much debate as to whether or not he is considered a Bar Da'at and can count for a [[minyan]] if he attended a special education school and learned how to communicate. As such, if there are only ten people, one may count him for a Minyan but should only do a short Chazara, so as not to risk too many Berachot Levatala.<ref>Yechave Daat 2:6</ref> | # Though a deaf-mute is generally assumed to have the status of a Shoteh, there is much debate as to whether or not he is considered a Bar Da'at and can count for a [[minyan]] if he attended a special education school and learned how to communicate. As such, if there are only ten people, one may count him for a Minyan but should only do a short Chazara, so as not to risk too many Berachot Levatala.<ref>Yechave Daat 2:6</ref> | ||
===If some of the minyan left in middle=== | ===If some of the minyan left in middle=== | ||
