What is the maximum permitted duration of an afternoon nap?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules the limit is sixty breaths (the 'sleep of a horse'). The Aruch HaShulchan argues this is not a hard prohibition and that the real rule is only against sleeping as long as at night.
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