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Sleeping with Brother in Bed

Is it okay to sleep in the same bed as your brother? This is just for a stay in a hotel over Pesach. The brother is under bar mitzvah.

Answer:

Yes, this is OK, but you should preferably use separate blankets.

Best wishes.

Sources:

The Mishnah (Kiddushin 82b) cites a dispute concerning whether two men are permitted to share the same bed.

The halachah follows the opinion of Chachamim, who state that it is permitted.

Yet, some poskim (Chelkas Mechokek and Beis Shmuel 24) write that it remains meguneh (improper). For brothers this will be less of an issue, so that it’s okay to do this where necessary, the more so with a child, but it remains better to use separate blankets.

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