Questions tagged [bathroom]
Questions pertaining to the bathroom.
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Are images of prophets permitted in bathrooms?
Gentile here, so forgive my lack of knowledge.
There are pro-Jewish posters being placed in bathrooms at my workplace which contain an image of Moses (think Moses with the two tablets). The posters ...
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Torah songs, and earworms, in the bathroom
It's forbidden to think about Torah in the bathroom. Is it permissible to think about a song whose lyrics are Torah? If not, what about an earworm (stuck song) that you just can't get rid of?
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Can you take food into the bathroom?
Is one allowed to take food into the bathroom? I heard that the prohibition is only on the type of bathroom used years ago.
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kohanim mikvah after bathroom
Rabbi Shlomo Calerbach says kohanim would go to the mikvah after going to the bathroom
And that Rav Yoel the satmar Rebbe also did this
Looking for written sources for both of these ideas
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Going to bathroom during Tefilla - can one read?
It is halacha that if one has needs (gadol) during tefilla, and can't hold it, one should go. To keep this very complex halachic discussion simple, let's just assume that we are talking about a ...
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Pulling out hairs while wiping yourself on Shabbat
Religious Jews are normally careful not to pull out hairs during Shabbat.
After Mr. Ploni defecates, he wipes his rear end carefully. But he knows that it's impossible for him to clean his bottom to ...
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Child wants bathroom during parent's Amidah
Are there any halachic guidelines when a child tells the parent that he wants to go to bathroom during the Amidah?
This occurred to me multiple times, with my 4-year-old who can use the bathroom alone ...
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How did temple priests and visitors go about relieving themselves without desecrating the sanctity of the Beit Hamikdash?
Judaism has very strict rules around human waste and separating God from such things. You may not even speak God's names within a restroom.
This leads to my question regarding the temple priesthood ...
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Is doing mitzvos, specifically thought mitzvos, allowed in the bathroom? [duplicate]
It is brought down by various poskim that Torah study is forbidden in the bathroom, albeit it is a debate whether today’s bathrooms have the same status.
May one perform mitzvos in a bathroom? ...
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Wiping toilet seat on Shabbos
If one urinates a few drops on the toilet seat on Shabbos, is he permitted to wipe off the urine with a detached toilet paper, or would this be forbidden because urine is muktzeh?
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Bringing Tefillin into Airport Bathroom [duplicate]
If I’m in an airport, traveling with my tefillin, and need the bathroom and have nowhere I can leave my tefillin (against airport rules to just leave them unattended and no one to leave them with), ...
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Talking In Bathrooms
The Rema in או"ח סי' ג סעיף ב says that it is impermissible to talk in the bathroom. The Mishna Berura adds the Gemara in Berachos 65b, that even in order to let someone trying to enter know that ...
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Gedolim books in the bathroom
Is it permissible to read gedolim books in the bathroom or is it forbidden?
Would it change the Halacha based off what the contents of the book are? For example, some of these books just contain ...
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Asher Yatzar and bathroom doors [duplicate]
Must one close the bathroom door before saying Asher Yatzar? Or May one say it even with it open? Assume for this case that you’d be facing the door (if that affects the answer at all.)
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What is the halachic status of today's modern bathrooms?
Is a bathroom today considered a graf shel re'i? May one engaged in dvarim she'bikdusha (learning, praying etc.) opposite a bathroom with the door open if there is no waste in it?
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Saying brocho in modern restroom [duplicate]
I've been going through the Mishna Berura on saying shma in restrooms (מ״ב סימנים פ״א-פ״ז so far) and I'm rather curious what the halacha is relating to modern restrooms. (This question only discussed ...
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Pampers tzovehah (dyeing) on shabbas
Pampers make diapers which have a wetness indicator. Initially it is a yellow stripe when dry; when wet it turns blue. I am wondering whether this would be considered tzoveha.
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Proper way for a man to urinate while standing
Maran HaShulḥan 'Arukh, citing the Talmud Bavli (Niddah 13B), states that a man must avoid holding his member when urinating (Oraḥ Ḥayim 3:14). That is, holding me'atarah u'lema'alah is forbidden ...
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What did Elijah say about Baal?
When Eliahu HaNavi confronted the prophets of Baal and they couldn't deliver, he told them [1Kings 18:27]:
וַיְהִ֨י בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִם וַיְהַתֵּ֧ל בָּהֶ֣ם אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ קִרְא֤וּ בְקוֹל־גָּדוֹל֙ ...
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Can you plunge a toilet during Chol Ha'moed?
It's Chol Ha'moed. Your house has four bathrooms. You use one of them, and the toilet clogs. May you plunge it during Chol Ha'moed?
(I've done some Web searches. So far, I have found a discussion ...
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Putting breadcrumbs in the toilet
Mishnah Berurah writes in 180:10 that while throwing crumbs onto the ground where they will be stepped on is kasha l'aninus, God forbid, this does not apply when the crumbs are thrown into water. ...
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why is flatulence forbidden in tefillin and during prayer
Why is flatulence forbidden in Tefillin and during prayer?
Is it because partials of the feces get stuck to the body so now you do not have a clean body?
or what?
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Does anyone know of the following quote from Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz?
I am looking for the source on the quote from Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz: "“If a person would know what happens to the food from the moment they put it into their mouth to the moment it leaves their body,...
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Bracha near a bathroom
Note -- I am not asking about the whether one is allowed to pray near a bathroom in this sense.
As per the rules on this website, thinking Torah thoughts is not allowed in a bathroom. As such, would ...
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Why mention healing everyone after the restroom and Jews in the amida?
After we use the restroom, we recite a benediction praising God for our ability to do so. The benediction ends by referring to him as the one "who heals all flesh", viz all people.
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Why did Ben Azzai copy Rabbi Akiva?
In today's Daf Yomi, Brachot 62a, it says:
It was taught in a baraita in tractate Derekh Eretz that Rabbi Akiva said: I once entered the bathroom after my teacher Rabbi Yehoshua, and I learned ...
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What partition is needed to wash your hands in a bathroom for bread or davening?
I heard rumours that after walking into a bathroom, nowadays, you're required to wash you're hands three times (as in, I've seen some Rabbi do this: after just walking into a bathroom to get something,...
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Is it permitted to think about God / Hashem in the bathroom?
One may not learn Torah in the bathroom, even if the thoughts are not verbally expressed. That made me wonder if it is permitted to think about God. My definition of "thinking about God" would be ...
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May one chew gum in the bathroom?
As per this post - Food in bathroom - one may not eat in the bathroom. May one chew gum in the bathroom? Is it considered eating? Connected to this post - Can you walk and chew gum at the same time?
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What is considered learning Torah in the bathroom?
It is prohibited to learn Torah in the bathroom (source needed).
How far does this prohibition go? Are we not allowed to say pesukim, but allowed to think them? Is there a difference between tanach ...
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Did Miriam's well waters cause a need to use bathroom?
IIRC, the Manna was miraculously and wastelessly absorbed by the body.
Did the water they drank from Miriam's miraculous well also possess miraculous properties and was wasteless or it was regular ...
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Why is a utensil required when washing one's hands after bathroom use?
I am under the impression that one is required to wash one's hands with a utensil (typically, the same type of cup used to wash before bread) after using the bathroom.
Firstly, what is the source of ...
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Tzoveah on Shabbos
It is going to sound strange but here is the question In the toilet there are these blue things that clean your bathroom with every flush by adding bleach hence it colors the water blue every time you ...
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Inappropriate kavanah during "asher yatzar"
I don't know if other people have experienced this, but when reciting asher yatzar immediately after going to the bathroom, I find that if I meditate upon the meaning of the words I cannot help but ...
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Bringing a virtual Torah in the bathroom? [duplicate]
Knowing the issur of bringing a Sefer into a tamei place, can I bring a virtual Sefer into the bathroom? (I.e a phone with a davening app on it) would it matter if the app was open or closed? If the ...
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At what point should one recite Bracha asher yatzar
Having washed one's hands after excusing oneself, Does one say the bracha asher yatzar after drying our hands or before? Some guy taught that we're to say the bracha before drying the hands.
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Bathroom halachos in the bathroom
One may not learn Torah in the bathroom. May one learn Torah that pertains to halachos of the bathroom that came up in the bathroom, or must one leave the bathroom, check the halachah, and return to ...
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Halachically, why are men allowed to use urinals?
Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayyim 3:13:
לא ישתין מעומד, מפני ניצוצות הניתזין על רגליו, אם לא שיעמוד במקום
גבוה, או שישתין לתוך עפר תחוח פירוש, קרקע שאינה בתולה, אלא כגון של
ארץ חרושה).
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Are OC 3:2 and 3:13 practiced nowadays? [duplicate]
In OC 3, the Shulchan Aruch discusses many halachos regarding using the bathroom. Many of these seem to be disregarded with the relatively modern invent of the urinal; this is particularly concerning ...
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Use of an automatic toilet on Shabbos?
Can one use on Shabbos an automatic toilet with an electric sensor that triggers the flushing mechanism when you are done? For example in a hotel lobby, or a public building. Assume there is no other ...
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Counting Sefiras Haomer in the Bathroom
If one is (stuck) in a bathroom with a short amount of time left until sunset, and realizes that he has not yet counted Sefirah for that day, and will not be out of the bathroom before sunset, may he ...
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Facebooking in the bathroom
It is forbidden to think, speak or read words of Torah while using the bathroom as per Shulchan Aruch O:C 85:2 [based on Shabbos 40b]
If a person is using the bathroom and they know that from time to ...
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Reward for saying Asher Yatzar
Is saying Asher Yatzar, the blessing after using the bathroom, something that one will get rewarded for? Will one get rewarded for each time he said Asher Yatzar?
Please cite sources.
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Is kopi luwac (civet excreted coffee beans) kosher?
Kopi luwak , or civet coffee, refers to the seeds of coffee berries once they have been eaten and egested by the Asian palm civet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak
Is it kosher because they ...
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Taking teffilin off after saying bracha
What should someone do, who has the urge to use the bathroom right after saying the brachah on putting on the tefillin? Shall he put the tefillin shel yad and tefillin shel rosh and remove them? Or ...
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May one listen to the shofar if one is standing in an unclean place?
A question by רבות מחשבות here asked about counting the Omer in the bathroom. In the spirit of Elul, that raises the question if one may listen to the shofar while standing in an unclean place?
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Learning Derashos or Pshat of Alternate Readings of Tanach
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In this week's Parsha (Devarim 11:4), the Chizkuni says the following:
אשר הציף מי ים סוף על פניהם ברדפם אחריהם – ברדוף המים אחרי המצרים, והיינו דכתיב: נערמו מים, שתרגם אונקלוס: חכימו מיא,...
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Saying Asher Yatzar after Hamapil
If you say the bracha of Hamapil then you have to go bathroom, after you go bathroom are you permitted to say the bracha?
Why yes or why no?
Source?
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How can using the bathroom be equated to the pleasure of the afterlife?
There are three things which are a taste of the World to Come: Shabbat, the sun, and “usage.” What does “usage” mean? Usage of the bed [i.e. marital relations]? But that weakens the body. Rather it ...
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BS"D in the bathroom
I noticed my shampoo says בס״ד on the bottle. Is having it in the bathroom, etc., a problem? (My guess is no, or else they wouldn't put it on there, but still.)
Related: Dr. Bronner's soap
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