If a vessel is placed over (covering) the excrement, garf, or avit, may one recite Shema near it even though they are still in the same house?
Synopsis
If a vessel is inverted over excrement or a garf/avit, they are treated as buried even though they are in the same house, and it is permitted to recite Shema near them — provided no bad odor emanates.
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