Must one distance from an earthenware or wooden chamberpot (garf) or urine receptacle (avit) even when they are empty and washed?
Synopsis
A chamberpot designated for excrement (garf) or a receptacle designated for urine (avit) made of earthenware or wood requires distancing as from excrement itself, even when empty, because the vessel absorbs the filth. This applies even if they have been washed.
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If an earthenware or wooden garf/avit is inverted (upside down), may one recite Shema near it?
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If an inverted garf/avit (covered or inverted) still emits bad odor, must one distance four amot?
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