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אורח חיים ע״הOrach Chayim 75

Siman 75 of 697 in Orach Chayim — 6 se'ifim

הלכות קריאת שמעLaws of Reciting Shema· siman 75

Se’if 1א׳

טֶפַח מְגֻלֶּה בְּאִשָּׁה בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁדַּרְכָּהּ לְכַסוֹתוֹ, אֲפִלּוּ הִיא אִשְׁתּוֹ, אָסוּר לִקְרוֹת קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע כְּנֶגְדָּהּ: הַגָּה: וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים דַּוְקָא בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ, אֲבָל בְּאִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת אֲפִלּוּ פָּחוֹת מִטֶּפַח הֲוָה עֶרְוָה (הַגָּהוֹת מַיְמוֹנִי פֶּרֶק ג') וְנִרְאֶה מִדִּבְרֵי הָרֹא"שׁ דְּטֶפַח בְּאִשָּׁה עֶרְוָה אֲפִלּוּ לְאִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת, רַק שֶׁבְּעַצְמָהּ יְכוֹלָה לִקְרוֹת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא עֲרֻמָּה כְּדִלְעֵיל סי' ע"ד.

To Be Careful of Exposed Hair and the Voice of a Woman at the Time of the Recitation of the Sh'ma and So Not to Recite It in Front of the Nakedness - Containing 6 S'ifim If a handbreadth is uncovered on a woman in a place [on her body] where the practice (lit. way) is to cover it, even if it his wife, then it is forbidden to recite the Recitation of the Sh'ma in front of her. Rem"a: And there are those who say that this is specifically with respect to his wife, but with another woman even less than a handbreadth is [considered] nakedness (Hagahot Maimoni Chapter 3). And it seems from the words of the Rosh that a handbreadth on a woman is [considered] nakedness even [in regards] to another woman, except that to herself she is able to recite [the Recitation of the Sh'ma] even though she is naked like was said earlier in Siman 74.

Se’if 2ב׳

שֵׂעָר שֶׁל אִשָּׁה שֶׁדַּרְכָּהּ לְכַסוֹת, אָסוּר לִקְרוֹת כְּנֶגְדּוֹ: הַגָּה: אֲפִלּוּ אִשְׁתּוֹ אֲבָל בְּתוּלוֹת שֶׁדַּרְכָּן לֵילֵךְ פְּרוּעוֹת הָרֹאשׁ, מֻתָּר: הַגָּה: וְה"ה הַשְּׂעָרוֹת שֶׁל נָשִׁים שֶׁרְגִילִין לָצֵאת מִחוּץ לְצַמָּתָן (בֵּית יוֹסֵף בְּשֵׁם הָרַשְׁבָּ"א) וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן שְׂעַר נָכְרִית, אֲפִלּוּ דַּרְכָּהּ לְכַסּוֹת (הַגָּהוֹת אַלְפָסִי הַחֲדָשִׁים):

The hair of a woman that it is the practice (lit. way) to cover is forbidden to recite [the Recitation of the Sh'ma] in front of it. Rem"a: Even his wife . But unmarried women for whom it is their way to go with an uncovered head, it is permitted. Rem"a: And so too is the law with the hairs of women that regularly come out of their covering (Beit Yosef in the name of Rashba) and certainly foreign hair (i.e. a wig) even if it is her practice to cover (Hagahot Alfasi haChadashim).

Se’if 3ג׳

יֵשׁ לִזָּהֵר מִשְּׁמִיעַת קוֹל זֶמֶר אִשָּׁה בִּשְׁעַת קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע הַגָּה: וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ, אֲבָל קוֹל הָרָגִיל בּוֹ אֵינוֹ עֶרְוָה (בֵּית יוֹסֵף בְּשֵׁם אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְהַג"מ).

One should be careful from hearing a woman's singing voice at the time of the Recitation of the Sh'ma. Rem"a: And even with his wife. But a voice that one is familiar with is not [considered] nakedness. (Beit Yosef in the name of Ohel Moed and Hagahot Maimoni)

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Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim — Torat Emet 363 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

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