Jewish%20thought for Rosh Hashanah 57:8

חרש שוטה וקטן אין מוציאין את הרבים ידי חובתן זה הכלל כל שאינו מחוייב בדבר אינו מוציא את הרבים ידי חובתן:

NO; [WHAT IT INDICATES IS THAT] WHEN ISRAEL TURNED THEIR THOUGHTS ABOVE AND SUBJECTED THEIR HEARTS TO THEIR FATHER IN HEAVEN, THEY WERE HEALED, BUT OTHERWISE THEY PINED AWAY.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This disquisition in the Mishnah is suggested by the references above to 'religious intention' (v. Maharsha) .');">⁷</span> A DEAF-MUTE, A LUNATIC AND A MINOR CANNOT PERFORM A RELIGIOUS DUTY ON BEHALF OF A CONGREGATION.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'cannot take the public out of the power of their obligation'.');">⁸</span>

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