Asher Yatzar

To purchase this Sefer, click here Asher Yatzar:[1] *The following laws relate to the blessing of Asher Yatzar that is recited upon awakening, as part of the morning blessings. The laws of Asher Yatzar that is recited after using the bathroom was explained in the previous chapter Halacha 13. The […]

Al netilas yadayim

To Purchase this Sefer Click here Al Netilas Yadayim: When is the blessing recited? After awakening in the morning one is to wash his hands [near his bed] without a blessing, immediately proceed to use the bathroom, and [immediately] after leaving the bathroom he is to wash his hands a second time […]

Entering food into bathroom

To purchase this Sefer, click here Entering food into a bathroom May one eat in a bathroom? [1] One may not eat in a bathroom.   May one enter food into a bathroom?[2] It is customary to avoid entering food into a bathroom.[3]  However in a time of need one may […]

Sefarim in bathroom

To purchase this Sefer, click here May one enter Sefarim into a bathroom? [1] It is forbidden to enter revealed Sefarim or Tefillin into a bathroom due to it being a belittlement to the Sefarim. If the Sefarim are covered then at times it is allowed to enter the Sefer into […]

Matters of holiness in bathroom

To purchase this Sefer, click here Performing holy matters in a bathroom: [1] These laws are spread throughout chapters 76-87 in the Shulchan Aruch and belong to the section of laws dealing with Kerias Shema and prayer. Only those laws which pertain to a bathroom are brought in this Halacha. A […]

Laws of washing hands

To purchase this Sefer, click here Washing one’s hands after using the bathroom [1] The laws of washing hands after bathroom use in order to remove the impure spirit were already discussed in length in chapter 5 [Shulchan Aruch 4/18]. The Halacha here discusses a separate issue of whether it is […]

Regulations for men

To purchase this Sefer, click here Urinating regulations applicable to men: [1] Above the crown/Glans:[2] One [must be very careful[3]] not to hold on to his Eiver[4] [from the beginning of the limb up to the crown[5]] while urinating [and certainly not during other times]. Doing so is considered as […]