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Chapter 10, Mishna 1

If some people stay at table during a meal, when others leave to attend a service or go to the study hall and then return, the meal is not considered to be interrupted, and those who leave don’t have to recite concluding blessings before leaving, nor recite introductory blessings upon returning. When a Festival begins on Saturday night, what is the order of blessings with respect to wine, kiddush, havdalah and shechechyanu (the blessing over time/God enabling us to reach this moment of joy)?