Is excrement that has frozen solid in cold weather permitted to pray near, or is it treated as fully moist excrement?
Synopsis
The Magen Avraham raised this as doubtful, tentatively permitting prayer near frozen excrement. The later Acharonim unanimously ruled it forbidden because the excrement will return to its original state when warmed, and even b'dieved one must repeat Shema and prayer.
More in Foul Odors During Prayer
What degree of dryness must excrement reach before it is considered like dirt and permitted to recite Shema or pray in its presence?
5 opinions
Does the 'crumbling' necessary for excrement to be considered like dirt require complete fine crumbling, or does breaking into two or three pieces suffice?
2 opinions
When urine has been absorbed into the ground (or clothing), what level of moisture remains makes it forbidden to pray near?
5 opinions
Is the 'crumbling upon rolling' standard (Rema) understood as a stricter or more lenient test than the Mechaber's 'crumbling upon throwing' standard, and what is the underlying logic?
2 opinions
Related from other topics
If figs or raisins that were muktze (set out to dry) became fully dry before bein hashemashos, but the owners were unaware — are they permitted on Shabbos?
Handling Muktzeh Indirectly
Is there bishul achar bishul for fully-cooked DRY (solid) food that has cooled?
Cooking on Shabbat
What is the maximum area in which carrying is fully permitted when a person spends Shabbat in an open field surrounded by inferior partitions (warp without woof, or woof without warp)?
Lechi and Korah for Alleyways
When three adjacent enclosures share an eruv and the outer ones are narrower (outer fully open to the middle, middle has protruding walls) with one person in each, what carrying is permitted?
Lechi and Korah for Alleyways
In adjacent enclosures (one person per outer, two in the middle or two per outer with one in the middle), what carrying is permitted when the outer ones are narrower and fully open to the wider middle?
Lechi and Korah for Alleyways
Whether a person who violated Shabbat while believing it was permitted (mistaken about the law) is treated as a mumar
Town Boundaries for Eruv Techumin
Discussion
Discussion coming soon.
The Daily Law
One question. Every opinion. Every morning.
A new halakhic question and the full spectrum of rabbinic thought, delivered daily.