Q&A: The Ordinance of the Council of Four Lands – Separating Beds by an Unseemly Cubit
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The Ordinance of the Council of Four Lands – Separating Beds by an Unseemly Cubit
Question
Hello,
Is it possible for me to make a partition (plywood or something similar that separates the two beds into two domains) instead of distancing them?
I am Ashkenazi, and assuming that this ordinance obligates me by virtue of the formal authority created by the acceptance of those ordinances by the majority of my community at that time?
Answer
There is no formal authority. This is an ordinance that became a custom. You can put up a partition.