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All Actions for the Sake of Heaven

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Is it permitted to take an afternoon nap (shenat hatzohoraim) to enable Torah study?

2 opinions across 2 eras

What is the maximum permitted duration of an afternoon nap?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Duration of Afternoon Nap

Must one recite the blessing 'Elohai neshamah' upon waking from an afternoon nap?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Blessings Upon Waking

Should one recite 'Yehi noam' (Psalm 90:17 ff.) before an afternoon nap?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Prayers Before Sleep

Is eating or drinking for one's own pleasure (without intent for the sake of Heaven) praiseworthy or permissible?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Eating and Drinking

Is sitting with righteous people, standing in holy places, or walking in upright counsel praiseworthy if done for personal enjoyment rather than for the sake of Heaven?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Social and Spiritual Activit…

What must be the intent for marital relations (tashmish)? Is fulfilling desire or procreating for one's own benefit acceptable?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Marital Relations

What intent is required for conversation and speech, including discussing words of wisdom?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Speech and Conversation

Is the overall obligation to direct all actions toward the sake of Heaven (l'shem shamayim) a formal halakhic requirement or a pious aspiration (middat chassidut)?

2 opinions across 2 eras

L'shem Shamayim as Obligation

Is there a distinction between sleeping when one could be learning Torah and sleeping when one is already too weary to learn?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Sleep When Torah Study Is Po…