Prayer · Orach Chaim 78

Bathroom Prayers and Blessings

7 questions · 27 opinions

If urine flows onto one's knees during Shema or prayer, must one stop reciting?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Urine During Recitation

If urine falls on one's garments (with moisture capable of wetting another surface) but those garments are covered by a dry outer layer, may one continue reciting?

5 opinions across 2 eras

Urine on Covered Garments

If urine falls on the ground during recitation, how must one distance oneself?

6 opinions across 3 eras

Urine on Ground During Recit…

If one paused during recitation due to flowing urine and the pause lasted long enough to finish the entire recitation (shiur k'dei ligmor kulah), must one return to the beginning or only to where one paused?

6 opinions across 3 eras

Restart Rules After Forced P…

If urine fell on the ground during the Amidah, must one distance four amot or may one remain in place?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Distancing from Urine Mid-Pr…

For a person who continually and involuntarily drips urine due to illness, may they pray?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Chronic Urinary Condition

May one wait for urine to be absorbed into the ground (rather than distancing four amot) even if that wait might cause a delay long enough to require restarting the recitation from the beginning?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Waiting for Absorption vs. D…