May a person standing outside the synagogue behind a window (facing the congregation) count toward the minyan?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that if a person stands outside but shows his face through a window (any size, any height) to those inside, he counts toward the ten. The Rema adds that rooftops and upper stories do not count.
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