Is it forbidden to recite Shema or pray in the presence of urine, and what is the Torah-level versus rabbinic scope of this prohibition?

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Synopsis

By Torah law only the stream of urine during urination is forbidden; the Rabbis extended the prohibition to urine that has already fallen to the ground when it is sufficiently moist (tofe'ach al menat lehatfi'ach). The Mechaber rules the rabbinic prohibition applies on the ground or in a vessel.

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