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An Infant’s Excrement

Question

From when is an infant’s excrement considered excrement?

Answer

Shalom u’verachah 

From the time that infants his age eat a kezayit of grain within kedei achilat pras [that is, within the time it takes an adult to eat a “pras”].

Answered 14 August 2026 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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