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  • Prayer in an unclean place

Book referencing “G-d”

Question: May one read a secular book containing the word “G-d” (fully written out) in the bathroom? Is this book consider at all a dvar be’kedusha? Thank you very much… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place Bathroom Name of Hashem
30/11/2020
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Saying Asher Yatzar

Question: Is there a concept that one can only make the blessing of Asher Yatzar if the toilet is flushed afterwards. Or can one say it even if he did… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place brachos toilet
29/11/2020
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Intrusive Thoughts

Question: What should one do about intrusive thoughts and how bad are they considered to be in Halacha? For example, if one is in the shower, or otherwise in a… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place praying in a clean place torah learning
14/11/2020
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Desecration of Kedusha

Question: If one is wearing tight pants, and one senses a small amount of a sense of pleasure because of this during davening, or while learning etc…may one continue to… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place praying in a clean place
11/11/2020
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Aliya while needing to use the restroom

Question: If one is a Kohen or a Levi, and the only one in the shul avaliable to receive an Aliya, but needs to use the restroom but is excessively… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place aliyah Bathroom davening
10/11/2020
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bathroom during learning

Question: Hi! I was in the middle of learning with my chavrusa and needed the bathroom badly (gedolim, not ketanim). The bathroom in that beis medresh is tiny and was… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place learning Torah praying in a clean place
04/11/2020
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Can I use my phone for studying Torah, davening if it is dirty?

Question: My phone may be quite dirty and I’ve touched it at various points with dirty hands, am I still permitted to use it for Torah study/davening? Must I wash… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place praying in a clean place
16/10/2020
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Learning in the street when there are immodestly dressed women there

Question: Hi, I would like to know if it’s permitted to learn, talking or just thinking, in the streets. I live in area where the goyim are dressed inappropriately. Thanks… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place
06/09/2020
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Saying pasukim Hashem’s name in inappropriate places

Question: Hello Rav, I have a few questions please: 1. Is it permissible to sing or hum pasukim or zemirot with and/or without Hashem’s name while in the bathroom? 2…. Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place
24/08/2020
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OPEN BATHROOM DOOR

Question: CAN A person keep a clean bathroom with a shower door open to cause a breeze to flow through the home ? No smell at all. In terms of… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place Bathroom
04/08/2020
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Cleaning oneself after bathroom

Question: 1) When wiping oneself of feces after using the bathroom, to what extent must one wipe themselves to remove all traces of feces? Often times, one can keep finding… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place praying in a clean place tefila
19/05/2020
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Music in shower

Question: Is it mutar to listen to music in the shower. I have heard differing opinions on this. Thank you very much Answer: It is true there are different opinions… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place shower torah learning
30/04/2020
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Listen to music or shiur while in shower

Question: Is it permissible to listen to Jewish music or to a shiur while taking a shower? Answer: To make things clear, you are asking regarding listening to pesukim or… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place divrei torah learning Torah shower
30/04/2020
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Bracha while in view of ervah

Question: If one makes a bracha while one can see an exposed body part of a woman that is an ervah (e.g. thigh)… 1. Is the bracha valid bedieved? 2…. Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place brachos davening ervah
19/04/2020
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Havdalha

Question: I have ocd and sometimes after going to the bathroom some urine drips down my leg, and sometimes it may just be ocd, I may have had urine on… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place praying in a clean place
05/01/2020
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Words of Torah while changing child’s diaper or in bath

Question: My toddler like to talk about Parsha and sing songs of Torah and pesukim. I assume that I cannot sings/talk to him about these things while changing his diaper… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place Bathroom children
07/07/2019
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Brochos for someone incontinent

Question: I know someone who has a medical shaila about a person who wears diaper r”l because they don’t have any feeling when they have to use the bathroom (gedolim)…. Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place brachos davening praying in a clean place
10/06/2019
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Making a brocha when there is a door open to a bathroom

Question: If I am in a bedroom/living room or any room that has an adjacent bathroom and the door the the bathroom is ajar, do I need to close it… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place Bathroom brachos
25/03/2019
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Checking self after passing gas

Question: Once in a while, upon passing gas, I find that I have soiled myself very slightly. do I have to be choshed every time I pass gas that I… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place bathroom hygiene tefila
25/03/2019
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Urine on undergarments

Question: Many times after one relieves themselves there will small drops that fall on their undergarments afterwards. Does one need to be mevatel that urine found on their clothing with… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place tefillah urine
27/02/2019
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Davening in a hotel room with a Jacuzzi

Question: Is one allowed to daven and learn in a hotel room that has a Jacuzzi in it? There is a separate room with a toilet and shower but the… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place Bathroom tefila
15/02/2019
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Guf naki

Question: Hi, How much does someone need to be particular about having a guf naki for shmone esrei? I make sure to have an empty bladder before starting to daven,… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place tefila
31/12/2018
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Wetness on body during tefilla

Question: Does a person have to make sure when going to the bathroom before davening and in general that the מקום המילה is clean and what about shabbos? Is it… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place praying in a clean place tefila
05/07/2018
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Davening when soiled

Question: If someone davens and discovers that while he was davening his under garments had a small amount of fecal matter, does he need to daven over? Furthermore, if one… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place davening
19/06/2018
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הסתכלות

Question: עבודה זרה דף סה. אזל אשכחיה דיתיב כו׳ וקיימן זונות ערומות קמיה כו׳ לכאורה צריך לומר שרבא ובר שישך יצאו מן המרחץ כדי לדבר,(אולם לא משמע כן מלשון הגמרא)… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place Uncategorized bathhouse
23/03/2018
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Horrible smelling liquid sprayed at hafganos

Question: At Israeli hafganos, sometimes the police use a horrible smelling liquid to disperse the crowd. It smells absolutely putrid! The smell remains in the area for a long time…. Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place kriyas shema tefila
26/11/2017
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Parameters of kol isha

Question: I have looked online for the parameters of the halacha of kol Isha, but unfortunately have only found reform authored articles, and the like. I am therefore writing to… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place kol isha
07/08/2017
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Men’s undergarments

Question: A friend told me that halacha prefers briefs over boxers for men. Something to do with the contact that boxers allow which briefs do not. Is there truth to… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place tefila undergarments
27/06/2017
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davening rabbit tzoah

Question: this shabboss lunch i will be eating by somebody that has a rabbit cage right near the dining room table…the cage will have atleast some droppings in it…is there… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place animal cage prayer
26/05/2017
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tumah

Question: i had brought down alot of clothes to be washed and some of them had dried zera on them atleast im assuming it was all dried then the person… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place Tuma
20/05/2017
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How much tzoah is problematic.

Question: How much tzoah is a problem for davening? Is there a minimum? For example if it were a trace that you can’t smell because it is such a small… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place praying in a clean place
12/02/2017
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Jewish music in shower

Question: Would one be allowed to listen to hebrew music in a shower if theres a toilet nearby but the shower has a door or curtain(like most do). Would it… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place music shower
31/01/2017
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Tumah at night

Question: I’m a bochur I live at home I had a large pile of clothes and blankets from anytime that I chas v’shalom had a mikrah balaila that I was… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place baal keri tefila
01/01/2017
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Praying /learning in front of non soiled commode

Question: I take care of an elderly person. In front of me is a “commode” used for toileting if need be by the bedside. The “commode” is clean. There is… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place prayer toilet
20/12/2016
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davening with a clean body

Question: If one davened and subsequently discovered that for some reason, his body was not clean (he had apparently not cleaned himself properly after the bathroom # 2), is it… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place
06/10/2016
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Davening after swimming

Question: Gross but serious question…… I read that there has been found traces of fecal matter in swimming pools from people not cleaning properly after going to the bathroom, assuming… Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place
18/09/2016
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Urination on Pants, Maaser and Taxes

Question: 1   is if somebody gets a little bit of urine on pants is it enough to just dry clean them in order to daven wearing them? 2  … Read more »

Prayer in an unclean place Tzdakah and maaser taxes urination
30/03/2016

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