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==Changing in Front of a Sefer== | ==Changing in Front of a Sefer== | ||
# Many poskim say that it is forbidden to change a baby in front of a sefer since it is disrespectful to expose a sefer to the nakedness of a person. Similarly it is forbidden for an adult to change in a room where a sefer is exposed.<ref>Mishna Brurah 40:5-6, Shemirat Shabbat Kehillchata p. 293 24:33 in note</ref> Some poskim poskim are lenient about this issue.<ref>Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen p. 26) citing | # Many poskim say that it is forbidden to change a baby in front of a sefer since it is disrespectful to expose a sefer to the nakedness of a person. Similarly it is forbidden for an adult to change in a room where a sefer is exposed.<ref>Mishna Brurah 40:5-6, Shemirat Shabbat Kehillchata p. 293 24:33 in note</ref> Some poskim poskim are lenient about this issue for a child.<ref>Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen p. 26) citing [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=21547&pgnum=41 Machezeh Eliyahu p. 41] regarding the nakedness of a child before sefarim. Regarding exposing the soiled diaper [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=21547&pgnum=47 Machezeh Eliyahu p. 47] is lenient.</ref> | ||
# Many poskim write that it is forbidden to have a child go to the bathroom in a potty in a room with an exposed sefer.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata ch. 24 fnt. 120 cites Rav Shlomo Zalman allows leaving a clean empty potty in a room with a mezuzah but it is forbidden to let the child go to the bathroom in a potty in front of a sefer.</ref> However, some are lenient but still recommend having the child go to the bathroom in another room.<ref>Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen p. 26) citing | # Many poskim write that it is forbidden to have a child go to the bathroom in a potty in a room with an exposed sefer.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata ch. 24 fnt. 120 cites Rav Shlomo Zalman allows leaving a clean empty potty in a room with a mezuzah but it is forbidden to let the child go to the bathroom in a potty in front of a sefer.</ref> However, some are lenient but still recommend having the child go to the bathroom in another room.<ref>Children in Halacha (Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen p. 26) citing [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=21547&pgnum=59 Machezeh Eliyahu p. 59] is lenient if the walls of the potty block anything from being seen.</ref> | ||
==Sitting on or Next to Sefarim== | ==Sitting on or Next to Sefarim== | ||
# It's forbidden to sit on the same seat, bench, or bed that has a sefer kodesh on it. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 282:7 writes that it's forbidden to sit on a bed that has a [[Sefer Torah]] on it. The Rama there comments that the same prohibition applies to other Sifrei Kodesh. This is accepted by many achronim.</ref> However, some Sephardic poskim are lenient with printed sefarim.<ref>[http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?ReadID=3307 Halacha Yomit] with the psak of Chacham Ovadia Yosef writes that one may be lenient for printed books (this can also be found in [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/displayRead.asp?ReadID=436 hebrew here]). </ref> | # It's forbidden to sit on the same seat, bench, or bed that has a sefer kodesh on it. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 282:7 writes that it's forbidden to sit on a bed that has a [[Sefer Torah]] on it. The Rama there comments that the same prohibition applies to other Sifrei Kodesh. This is accepted by many achronim.</ref> However, some Sephardic poskim are lenient with printed sefarim.<ref>[http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?ReadID=3307 Halacha Yomit] with the psak of Chacham Ovadia Yosef writes that one may be lenient for printed books (this can also be found in [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/displayRead.asp?ReadID=436 hebrew here]). </ref> | ||
