Prayer · Orach Chaim 73

Prayer and Exposed Skin

5 questions · 29 opinions

May two people sleeping under one cloth with their skin touching each other recite Shema without a cloth separation between them from the waist down?

7 opinions across 2 eras

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May a man recite Shema while lying next to his wife without a cloth separation, by merely turning his face away?

7 opinions across 2 eras

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May a man recite Shema while lying next to his minor children without a cloth separation?

6 opinions across 3 eras

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At what age does a child transition from 'minor' to 'adult' for the purpose of the cloth-separation requirement when sleeping next to a parent?

6 opinions across 2 eras

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Does the requirement for a cloth separation (or face-turning) when reciting Shema also require covering the heart to prevent 'libo ro'eh et ha-ervah' (the heart seeing the nakedness)?

3 opinions

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