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Prayer · Orach Chaim 83

Prayer Near Gentile Worship Sites

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Is it forbidden to recite Sh'ma facing an old bathroom (beit hakisei) even after excrement has been removed?

6 opinions across 2 eras

Prohibited Locations

What is the precise area of prohibition when facing an old bathroom — how far must one distance in front and behind?

2 opinions

Distance Requirements

Is it permitted to recite Sh'ma facing a designated (new) bathroom that has never been used?

5 opinions across 3 eras

Designated Bathrooms

When someone designates multiple rooms as bathrooms using the phrases 'and also this' vs. 'and this,' what is the halakhic status of the secondary room?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Designated Bathrooms

May one recite Sh'ma adjacent to a pit-toilet designed so waste rolls immediately into the pit, when no one urinates outside the pit?

6 opinions across 2 eras

Outdoor Pit Toilets

May one recite Sh'ma facing a perforated bench (portable toilet-style seat) used for defecation, when no excrement is on the hole and no receptacle is beneath it?

6 opinions across 2 eras

Portable Toilet Seats

If one recites Sh'ma in a place where recitation is forbidden, must one go back and recite again?

3 opinions across 2 eras

B'dieved Fulfillment

Can an old bathroom lose its forbidden status by being demolished, cleaned, and the site repurposed so no trace remains?

2 opinions

Removal of Bathroom Status

What height must bathroom partitions reach to create a leniency for Sh'ma recitation?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Partition Requirements

Is there a difference between designation by speech and designation by act for conferring bathroom status?

2 opinions

Designated Bathrooms