Does a regular daytime sleep (sheinat keva) on one's bed constitute a hefsek requiring a new Birkat HaTorah?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that a regular daytime sleep on one's bed is a hefsek. However, there is an opposing view that it is not, and the accepted practice follows the lenient opinion.
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