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Studying Torah in an unclean place when a person does not smell

Question

When there is a girl in the classroom who does not control her bodily needs, and the teacher has a cold and does not smell anything, is she allowed to teach Torah?

Answer

Shalom u-vracha 

The fact that the teacher does not smell does not help, because the odor is present in the place. 

In addition, the prohibition applies not only to the teacher, but to all the students. 

Answered 23 February 2026 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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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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