May one sleep under sheets if the bed is not higher than 10 tefachim but the covering forms an ohel-like tent?
Synopsis
Low beds with coverings are permitted only if they lack either a handbreath-wide roof OR are below 10 tefachim in height; both conditions must be absent for validity.
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