Author Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein

To purchase this Sefer, click here How well must one clean oneself? A. Bowel Movement: [1] Prohibition of learning and praying: It is forbidden to learn or pray if there is any amount of excrement which remains by the area of one’s opening.[2] This applies even if the area is […]

 To purchase this Sefer, click here What should one use to clean himself if he lacks toilet paper? Not to use rough materials: [1] One may not clean himself with earthenware [or rocks, or any material] which is not smooth [and have a rough surface[2]] as doing so is dangerous […]

To purchase this Sefer, click here Proper conduct upon having a bowel movement: [1] A. Not to do it forcibly or quickly:[2] One is not to sit and defecate speedily or forcibly as doing so forcibly opens the hole and can tear parts of one’s large intestine.[3] For this reason […]

To purchase this Sefer, click here May one go to the bathroom facing a Shul or Beis Midrash? [1] It is forbidden to urinate or defecate facing a Shul or Beis Midrash if one is doing so in the open. When one is in a bathroom one may face any […]

To purchase this Sefer, click here Which direction should one face while using the bathroom? [1] A. In an open area:[2] By an open area which does not have walls [such as a field[3] and the like] one must direct himself when having a bowel movement to face towards South, having […]

To purchase this Sefer, click here Not to talk in a bathroom:[1] One may not speak in a bathroom [while using it for urinating or a bowel movement[2]] as doing so is immodest.[3] If it is not possible to [lock or] close the door of the bathroom, then if someone […]

To purchase this Sefer, click here Privacy when relieving oneself outside in an open area: A. Bowel movement: Bowel movement in an open area by day [1] When having a bowel movement in an open area by day[2] [such as in a field[3] or in a valley[4]] one must distance himself […]

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To purchase this Sefer, click here Modesty-Covering the body: [1] One is to practice the laws of modesty even in a bathroom. Therefore one is not to uncover more flesh than necessary. Likewise one may only reveal his flesh at the time that is needed and not before hand, for […]

To purchase this Sefer, click here Escorting of angels: [1] [It used to be that] upon entering into the bathroom, each time, one would tell the angels that escort him “Hiskabdu Michubadim…“.[2] Today however we are no longer accustomed to say this as we do not consider ourselves G-d fearing […]