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Tosefta for Berakhot 4:7

רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה אוֹמֵר, אֵין תְּפִלַּת הַמּוּסָפִין אֶלָּא בְּחֶבֶר עִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, בְּחֶבֶר עִיר וְשֶׁלֹּא בְחֶבֶר עִיר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר מִשְּׁמוֹ, כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁיֵּשׁ חֶבֶר עִיר, הַיָּחִיד פָּטוּר מִתְּפִלַּת הַמּוּסָפִין:

R. Elazar b. Azaryah says: The mussaf ("additional") prayer is recited only bechever ir [bechavurath ha'ir ("with a company of the city"); that is, with a congregation, and not individually.] And the sages say: Bechever ir and not bechever ir [both with a congregation and individually.] R. Yehudah says in his [R. Elazar's] name: Wherever there is a congregation, an individual is exempt from the recitation of the mussaf prayer. [The difference between the first tanna and R. Yehudah — an individual living in a city where there are not ten men. According to the first tanna citing R. Elazar to the effect that it was instituted only with a congregation, this individual is exempt. According to R. Yehudah, an individual is exempt only when he is in a place where there are ten men, in which instance the prayer leader exempts him. The halachah is according to the sages.]

Tosefta Megillah

A person in rags may lead the responsive reading of the Shema, and may translate [the Torah reading into Aramaic] (Meg. 4:6). Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says, he should be careful that he does not expose himself. A blind man may lead the responsive reading of the Shema and may translate. Rabbi Yehuda says, anyone who never saw light in all his days may not lead the responsive reading of the Shema. They said to him, many [Sages] have expounded upon the Divine Chariot (Ezek. 1) even though they never saw it. A Kohen that has a [disqualifying] blemish on his face, on his hands, or on his feet, behold, he may not lift up his hands [for the Priestly Blessing] because the people will look at him. But if there was a quorum of ten (chaver ir, see Ber. 4:7), behold, it is permitted. Behold, if he had on an otef (a type of cloak), or a smock, or a traveling cloak, he has no dignity such as to read [from the Torah]] or translate or pass before the Ark, or to lift his hands [for the Priestly Blessing].
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