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==Correct Position to Sleep In== | ==Correct Position to Sleep In== | ||
# One should sleep on one’s side and not face up or down. <Ref> SA OC 63:1 Even Haezer 23:3 says that it is prohibited to sleep on one's back, but leaves out the prohibition to sleep on one's stomach. Mishna Brurah 239:6 says that it is a severe prohibition to sleep on one's back or stomach and one should sleep on one's side. Shalmat Chaim 226 states that the correct position to sleep in should be reinforced with children at the age of nine. </ref> | # One should sleep on one’s side and not face up or down. <Ref> SA OC 63:1 Even Haezer 23:3 says that it is prohibited to sleep on one's back, but leaves out the prohibition to sleep on one's stomach. Mishna Brurah 239:6 says that it is a severe prohibition to sleep on one's back or stomach and one should sleep on one's side. Shalmat Chaim 226 states that the correct position to sleep in should be reinforced with children at the age of nine. </ref> | ||
# One may place one's bed in any direction that one wants, however if possible it is preferable to situate the head of the bed | # One may place one's bed in any direction that one wants, however if possible it is preferable to situate the head of the bed in the east and the foot of the bed in the west. <ref> Or Letzion (vol 2 chap 1:1) </ref> | ||
# One should not sleep with one’s head or feet directly facing the door "in a position that it looks like one was about to be taken out of the room". <ref> Halachically Speaking (vol 3, article 1, pg 2) quoting Rav Yisrael Belsky </ref> | # One should not sleep with one’s head or feet directly facing the door "in a position that it looks like one was about to be taken out of the room". <ref> Halachically Speaking (vol 3, article 1, pg 2) quoting Rav Yisrael Belsky </ref> | ||
