Is marital relations prohibited at the beginning or end of the night?

Synopsis

The Mechaber rules that relations should not occur at the very beginning or end of the night, when people's sounds can be heard, lest one come to think of another woman. Mid-night is preferred. The Magen Avraham and Aruch HaShulchan note Kabbalistic preference for after midnight but acknowledge practical flexibility.

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