- Q. See question above, How about Seuda Shlishit?
A. Shabbat and Yom Tov count as panim chadashot even if no new people show up. This is true for one meal at night and one during the day.[However, at seuda shelishit it is a question if it counts as panim chadashot. Ashkenazim hold that if the chatan gives a dvar Torah it is counted as panim chadashot. If not, it isn't considered panim chadashot. Sephardim do not hold seuda shelishit counts as panim chadashot.
Rema E.H. 62:8 writes that the minhag is to recite sheva brachot at seuda shelishit. He is unsure if the reason for that minhag is that usually there are panim chadashot who show up or that there's a drasha, which is like panim chadashot.
Chochmas Odom 129.5 accepts the second theory of Rama that as long as the chatan gives a drasha at seuda shelishit that counts as panim chadashot. Pitchei Teshuva 62:16 quotes Rema M'pano who holds that seuda shelishit is always considered panim chadashot.
Shabbat and Yom Tov count as panim chadashot even if no new people show up. This is true for one meal at night and one during the day. However, at Seuda Shlishis if it counts as panim chadashot.
Ashkenazim hold that if the chatan gives a dvar Torah it is counted as panim chadashot. If not, it isn't considered panim chadashot. Sephardim do not hold seuda shelishit counts as panim chadashot. Shulchan Aruch and Rama E.H. 62:8, Yalkut Yosef (Sova Semachot 1:17:28)
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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