Is a man's own hair — including pubic hair protruding through a gap in his clothing — considered nakedness that forbids Shema?
Synopsis
A man's pubic hair protruding through a gap in his clothing is not forbidden for Shema recitation, but his genitalia becoming visible through the clothing gap does constitute nakedness.
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