Does interrupting Torah study to engage in personal affairs (melachah, sleep, bathhouse, bathroom) require a new Birkat HaTorah?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that pausing to attend to affairs, sleep, bathing, or using the bathroom does not constitute a hefsek requiring a new blessing, provided one intends to return to study.
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