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Room with Sefer Torah
Question: [Wednesday 18th Sivan 5780]
Due to Covid-19 we had to move the Sefer Torah out from the Shul and keep it in our home. My question is regarding intimacy and if we are allowed to engage in intimacy in a house or room that contains a Sefer Torah?
Answer:
The Sefer Torah may be in the same home, however not in the same room that one has intercourse, and for this reason is not to be kept in the marital bedroom. If there is no other area to store the Sefer Torah other than the marital bedroom, then at the very least it must be removed from the room [i.e. to the couch or living room table] whenever the couple plans to have marital intimacy, prior to engaging in intimacy, and even prior to lying in the same bed.
See here for the full details of this matter: https://shulchanaruchharav.com/halacha/marital-relations-with-sefer-torah-in-room/
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