Is it harmful for a child sleeping in the same bed to be present during marital relations?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that having relations on a bed where an infant is sleeping will cause that infant to become epileptic, with three exceptions. The Aruch HaShulchan affirms this from the Talmud and Zohar.
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