Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim · Siman 87

Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim 87 — English translation

Translation: Sefaria Community Translation. Section numbers match the Hebrew text above.

1. 1How Much One Needs to Distance at the Time of the Recitation of the Sh'ma from a Chamberpot Used for Excrement, containing 3 s'ifim A chamberpot used for excrement and a receptacle used for urine, [whether made] of earthenware or wood - one needs to distance from them as from excrement, even if one poured water into them. But if they are of metal, glass, or coated earthenware, it is permitted if they are washed well.
2. 2A chamberpot or receptacle of earthenware or wood that is upturned on its opening, there are those who permit and there are those who forbid, and the halakhah (law) is like those who forbid.
3. 3It it permitted to recite the Sh'ma in a house in which there is excrement or urine or a chamberpot [used for excrement] or receptacle [used for urine] as long as one has distanced from them the amount that was clarified in Siman 79. And similarly, if one inverts a vessel over them, even though they are with him in the house, behold it is as if they are buried and it is permitted to recite opposite them.

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