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# If one needs to go to the bathroom, even if one can hold it in for 72 minutes it's preferable not to pray at that time unless one will miss praying before the [[latest time for Shemona Esreh]]. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 92:1</ref> | # If one needs to go to the bathroom, even if one can hold it in for 72 minutes it's preferable not to pray at that time unless one will miss praying before the [[latest time for Shemona Esreh]]. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 92:1</ref> | ||
==Going to Mikveh== | ==Going to Mikveh== | ||
# Originally, Ezra HaSofer made an institution that someone who was impure can't learn Torah or pray until he dips in the mikveh. | # Originally, Ezra HaSofer made an institution that someone who was impure can't learn Torah or pray until he dips in the mikveh. However, this institution wasn't upheld and nowadays it is permitted for an impure person to learn Torah and daven.<ref>Gemara Brachot 22a, Rambam (Kriyat Shema 5:4), S"A 88:1. See, however, the opinion of Rav Hai Goan quoted by Rosh (Brachot 3:21) and Rif 13b who says that the institution of Ezra was only repealed with regards to learning Torah and not davening. </ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Prayer]] | [[Category:Prayer]] | ||
