Is it forbidden to recite Shema when nakedness is visible through a glass lamp or transparent vessel?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that nakedness visible through the walls of a glass lamp is forbidden, since the relevant verse is about visibility. The Mishnah Berurah rules this applies even if the nakedness is in another room.
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