Note 134 — II. OUR DUTIES. (continued 3)

There are various short forms of this ‏ברכת המזון‎; the shortest is that for children, “Blessed be the Merciful, the Giver of this bread.”134—When three grown-up male persons or more have their meal together, a special introductory form is used, called ‏זמון‎ “summons to prayer,” one of the company acting as Reader, and the rest forming the congregation.