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Just for the record, I was only quoting R’ Shternbuch to present a possible reason not to make a zimun. I was not saying that the halacha follows R’ Shternbuch. In fact, many poskim disagree with him, for example R’ Shlomo Zalman Auerbach as quoted in Halichos Baisa. In support of Popa, the Aruch Hashulchan (199:2) writes: ??? ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? although he doesn’t give a justification.