ז וְצָרִיךְ לִהְיוֹת כֻּלָּם בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד וּשְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר עִמָּהֶם בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד. חָצֵר קְטַנָּה שֶׁנִּפְרְצָה בִּמְלוֹאָהּ לְחָצֵר גְּדוֹלָה וְהָיוּ תִּשְׁעָה בַּגְּדוֹלָה וְיָחִיד בַּקְּטַנָּה מִצְטָרְפִין. תִּשְׁעָה בַּקְּטַנָּה וְיָחִיד בַּגְּדוֹלָה אֵין מִצְטָרְפִין. צִבּוּר בַּגְּדוֹלָה וּשְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר בַּקְּטַנָּה יוֹצְאִין יְדֵי חוֹבָתָן. צִבּוּר בַּקְּטַנָּה וּשְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר בַּגְּדוֹלָה אֵין יוֹצְאִין יְדֵי חוֹבָתָן שֶׁהֲרֵי הוּא מֻפְלָג מֵהֶם וְאֵינוֹ עִמָּהֶם בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיֵּשׁ בַּגְּדוֹלָה פַּסִּין מִכָּאן וּמִכָּאן הֲרֵי הִיא כְּמוֹ מֻפְלֶגֶת מִן הַקְּטַנָּה וְאֵין הַקְּטַנָּה מֻפְלֶגֶת מִן הַגְּדוֹלָה אֶלָּא הֲרֵי הִיא כְּקֶרֶן זָוִית שֶׁלָּהּ:
7 It is requisite that the congregation be assembled in one place and that the reader be with them in that place. Where a small court opens, throughout its complete breadth, to a larger courtyard, and nine persons are in the larger, while one person is in the smaller enclosure, they form a quorum. But if nine persons are in the smaller enclosure and one person is in the larger, they do not constitute a quorum. If the congregation is in the larger enclosure and the Reader in the smaller, their obligation to worship is discharged when he officiates on their behalf. But if the congregation is in the smaller, and the Reader in the larger enclosure, their obligation is not discharged when the reader recites the service, since he is separated from them and not in the same place with them, for the larger enclosure having posts on both sides is regarded as divided off from the smaller enclosure. The smaller enclosure, however, is regarded not as divided off from the larger enclosure, but as a corner of it.