Prayer · Orach Chaim 74

Shema with Uncovered Hair

9 questions · 37 opinions

When sleeping naked under a garment, what must one do before reciting Shema or blessings?

5 opinions across 2 eras

Nakedness and Recitation

When bathing naked in clear water, what must one do before reciting a blessing, and does covering with hands suffice?

5 opinions across 2 eras

Nakedness and Recitation

When bathing in turbid (murky) water, may one recite Shema while submerged?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Nakedness and Recitation

Does embracing one's own body with one's arms constitute a valid separation between the heart and genitals for reciting Shema?

5 opinions across 2 eras

Nakedness and Recitation

Must women create a separation between the heart and genitals before reciting blessings or praying?

6 opinions across 2 eras

Nakedness and Recitation

Do other limbs of the body (besides the heart and eyes) 'seeing' nakedness prohibit recitation of Shema?

4 opinions across 3 eras

Nakedness and Recitation

If one's garment covers only from the waist down, may one recite Shema or pray?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Nakedness and Recitation

What are the five categories of the 'nakedness prohibition' as it applies to reciting Shema and prayer?

2 opinions

Nakedness and Recitation

Does the prohibition of 'libo roeh ervat chaveiro' (one's heart seeing another's nakedness) apply when two people sleep together under one garment?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Nakedness and Recitation