Prayer · Orach Chaim 85
Seminal Emission and Prayer
12 questions · 38 opinions
Is it permitted to recite Shema while walking through a filthy alleyway (by covering one's mouth)?
2 opinions across 2 eras
Prohibited LocationsWhen one pauses Shema upon entering a filthy alleyway and then exits, must one return to the beginning or only to where one paused?
4 opinions across 2 eras
Interruptions and ResumptionHow close does one need to be to a filthy alleyway before one must pause Shema?
1 opinions
Prohibited LocationsIs it forbidden to even mentally contemplate (hirhurim) matters of Torah in filthy places, the bathhouse, or the bathroom?
5 opinions across 2 eras
Prohibited LocationsDoes the prohibition of hirhur in impure places extend to within four amot of a bathroom, even outside it?
1 opinions
Prohibited LocationsIs it forbidden to contemplate Torah in a tannery (burseki) where there is a foul odor?
1 opinions
Prohibited LocationsIf one's Torah study is ingrained and involuntary hirhur occurs in a bathroom or bathhouse, has one violated the prohibition?
5 opinions across 2 eras
Prohibited LocationsIs it permitted to speak secular matters in the holy tongue (Hebrew) in a bathroom or filthy place?
3 opinions across 2 eras
Prohibited LocationsIs it permitted to use divine epithets/nicknames (kinuyim) such as 'Rachum' (Merciful) or 'Ne'eman' (Faithful) in a bathroom or filthy place?
5 opinions across 3 eras
Prohibited LocationsIs it forbidden to mention the non-erasable divine names (Shem Hashem) in a bathroom or filthy place?
3 opinions across 2 eras
Prohibited LocationsIs it permitted to rebuke or dissuade someone from a prohibited act while in a bathroom or filthy place, even using Torah language?
5 opinions across 2 eras
Prohibited LocationsIn a place where hirhur (Torah contemplation) is permitted (e.g., the middle room of a bathhouse), may one also issue a halachic ruling?
3 opinions across 2 eras
Prohibited Locations