Q&A: Saying Sacred Words in Front of One’s Wife
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Saying Sacred Words in Front of One’s Wife
Question
Is it permitted to pray facing one’s wife? Facing her hair, or an exposed handbreadth of her body? Does the law change during the days of her menstruation and her clean days before immersion?
Which things are included in this category? Prayer, the recitation of the Shema, or additional matters?
Answer
See here for a short general overview: https://ph.yhb.org.il/02-03-11/
This also applies to one’s wife (see Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 75:1–3), and it makes no difference what her status is..