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===In Front of Feces or Urine===
===In Front of Feces or Urine===
# It is forbidden to recite or 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> One may not learn in front of human feces as far as one can see it and if it is on the side or behind oneself it is permitted to recite words of Kedusha if one is 4 amot from where it doesn't smell.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 79:1</ref>  
# It is forbidden to recite or 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> One may not learn in front of human feces as far as one can see it and if it is on the side or behind oneself it is permitted to recite words of Kedusha if one is 4 amot from where it doesn't smell.<ref>Rav Chisda in brachot 25a holds that one needsd to distance from feces 4 amot from where the smell stopped. The Rosh (Brachot 3:46) and Rif Brachot 16b hold like Rav Chisda while the Rambam (Kriyat Shema 3:12) held like Rav Huna that as long as one can't smell it is permitted to learn Torah. Shulchan Aruch 79:1 holds like the Rosh and Rif.
* Rava in Brachot 25a states that if the feces is in front of oneself one can't say Shema even if it is far away. The Rambam (Kriyat Shema 3:8) writes that having the feces on one's side is the equivalent to having it behind oneself. Shulchan Aruch 79:1 accepts the Rambam.</ref>
## If a person can't smell he needs to distance himself from feces as far as someone who could smell.<ref>Rosh Brachot 3:46, Tur and Shulchan Aruch 79:1</ref>
## If a person is blind or it is dark and can't see the feces one still needs to distance oneself from the feces as far as someone who could see when it was light.<Ref>Yerushalmi Brachot 3:5, Rosh Brachot 3:46, Tur and Shulchan Aruch 79:1</ref>
# If urine was absorbed into the ground or clothing, if there still is a moisture to the urine, one may not learn next to it unless it was diluted with a [[Reviyit]] of water.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5:2</ref>
# If urine was absorbed into the ground or clothing, if there still is a moisture to the urine, one may not learn next to it unless it was diluted with a [[Reviyit]] of water.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5:2</ref>
# If there is feces on one's body, one may not involve oneself in Divrei [[Kedusha]] even if it is covered.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5:3</ref>
# If there is feces on one's body, one may not involve oneself in Divrei [[Kedusha]] even if it is covered.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 5:3</ref>