Responsa for Eruvin 184:5

צואה בגדולה אסור לקרות קריאת שמע בקטנה צואה בקטנה מותר לקרות קריאת שמע בגדולה

but if the congregation was in the lesser one and the Reader in the larger one they have not performed their duty.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' since the Reader in the larger courtyard, which (as explained supra) is independent of the' lesser one, cannot be regarded as present with them in the lesser one, while a whole congregation cannot be deemed to be transferred from their position and shifted towards the position of an individual.');">¹¹</span> If nine men were in the larger courtyard and one was in the lesser one they may all be combined,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To form a quorum of ten, the minimum number required for a public religious service (cf. supra p. 639, n. 15 mut. mut.)');">¹²</span> but if nine men were in the lesser one and one man in the larger one they may not be combined.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 1 mut. mut.');">¹³</span>

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