Praying in a Shul with a Stone Floor: Difference between revisions
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#Today, after the upheaval of prostration during davening, it is only done during Avoda of Mussaf Yom Kippur and, in the case of Ashkenazim, during Aleinu in Chazarat HaShat”z for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. During these times, because of the above prohibition, one should be careful not to do so on a stone floor. | #Today, after the upheaval of prostration during davening, it is only done during Avoda of Mussaf Yom Kippur and, in the case of Ashkenazim, during Aleinu in Chazarat HaShat”z for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. During these times, because of the above prohibition, one should be careful not to do so on a stone floor. | ||
#If one is standing on a floor stone, one should cover the area where his/her knees and face will make contact.<ref>Orach Chaim 131:8 </ref> This can be done with spreading one’s talit so that it will cover his face as he reaches the floor.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Orach Chaim 621 Seif 4:2, Mishna Berurah Orach Chaim 131:8 Siman Katan 40</ref> | #If one is standing on a floor stone, one should cover the area where his/her knees and face will make contact.<ref>Orach Chaim 131:8 </ref> This can be done with spreading one’s talit so that it will cover his face as he reaches the floor.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Orach Chaim 621 Seif 4:2, Mishna Berurah Orach Chaim 131:8 Siman Katan 40</ref> | ||
#If no other alternative is possible, one should bow in a way that leans to his side and allows his head to fall onto his arm and not the floor.<ref>See Yalkut Yosef | #If no other alternative is possible, one should bow in a way that leans to his side and allows his head to fall onto his arm and not the floor.<ref>See Yalkut Yosef, Orach Chaim 621 Seif 4:2, footnote 2</ref> | ||
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