Prayer · Orach Chaim 103
Bodily Needs During Prayer
8 questions · 25 opinions
If one passes gas during prayer and the smell lingers, where does one resume prayer after the smell dissipates?
5 opinions across 2 eras
Interruptions and ResumptionIf one urgently needs to pass gas during prayer and cannot hold back, must one walk backward four cubits before doing so?
5 opinions across 2 eras
Bodily Needs and Conduct Dur…Is it permitted to pass gas at all during prayer, or must one hold back even at the cost of discomfort?
3 opinions across 2 eras
Bodily Needs and Conduct Dur…Must one walk specifically backward (not sideways or forward) when retreating four cubits to pass gas during prayer?
3 opinions across 2 eras
Bodily Needs and Conduct Dur…May the 'Master of the World' prayer (Ribon HaOlamim) be recited in the middle of the Amidah after passing gas and retreating?
2 opinions across 2 eras
Interruptions and ResumptionAfter passing gas and reciting Ribon HaOlamim, does one return to one's prayer spot before or after reciting the prayer?
2 opinions across 2 eras
Interruptions and ResumptionWhat is the halakhic sign of passing gas from below ('from below') versus sneezing from the nose ('from above') during prayer?
3 opinions across 3 eras
Omens and Signs During PrayerIs it permitted to pass gas during prayer when wearing tefillin?
2 opinions
Bodily Conduct While Wearing…