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Chazal learn from the pasuk " | Chazal learn from the pasuk "והיה מחניך קדוש" "Your camp should be holy"<ref>Devarim 23:15</ref> that when Hashem's presence is with us, such as when one is involved with a dvar shebekedusha, such as [[kriyat shema]], [[tefillah]], or learning, one must make sure that one's area is clean, meaning, that there isn't any unclad area of a person or revealed feces where one is.<ref>Shabbat 150a, Brachot 25a, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5:1</ref> The details of what is considered an unclad area of the body and what is considered feces are described below. | ||
==Learning or Thinking Torah in Unclean Areas== | ==Learning or Thinking Torah in Unclean Areas== | ||
# It is forbidden to even think words of [[Kedusha]] in an area where there is uncovered urine, human feces, or something that stinks. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 85:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5:2</ref> | # It is forbidden to even think words of [[Kedusha]] in an area where there is uncovered urine, human feces, or something that stinks. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 85:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5:2</ref> |