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Turning your back to Aron-Kodesh #1- Above 10 Tefachim

Speaker:: Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein
Date:: December 23 2025

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Tefillah, Torah

References: Sotah: 38A

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We constantly turn our back to the Aron-Kodesh in shul, from duchening, to Hagbah/Glilla, turning around for בואי בשלום Friday night and more. Is it forbidden? One way to overide the prohabition is if the Aron Kodesh is high enough above ground

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