Do fixed boards or benches (attached to the wall) constitute a partition for Shema recitation purposes when excrement/garf is behind them?
Synopsis
The Mishnah Berurah rules that fixed boards (politza/bank) attached to the wall, even if 10 tefachim high, do not constitute a partition for this purpose unless they extend wall-to-wall.
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