Bedtime Shema after midnight | Sheilot

Bedtime Shema after midnight

Question

Do we recite the bedtime Shema after midnight?

Answer

Шалом,
The Kabbalists hold that one should not recite this after midnight.
However, according to Halachah, one should recite it.

Answered 23 January 2024 How answers are reviewed
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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