124 Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19), Source Book Keys, GATES DEUTERONOMY | 23:14 excrement — DEUT1250 Among those injunctions that depend on o... DEUT1250 Among those injunctions that depend on one's speech: "For Hashem, your God, moves within your camp, to save you and deliver your enemies before you; [therefore,] your camp shall be holy. And let Him not see any sort of nakedness among you (Devarim 23:15). Our Sages, z"l, said (Berachos 25b) that included in this injunction is [the following:] when we utter Hashem's Torah and when we articulate our prayers before Him, our camp should be holy and there should be no nakedness among us. [However, thoughts of Torah and prayer are permitted in this case Zeh Hasha'ar] consequently, we have been commanded to utter Hashem's Name only went in a state of holiness, and to be engaged in the study of Torah and in prayer, only went in a state of holiness. One should not utter Hashem's Name or words of Torah while unclothed, or while one who is unclad stand before him. Similarly, we have been admonished that our place should be clean, as the pasuk says (this verse), "You shall dig with it, and again, and cover your excrement." (Continued at [[NUM164]] Numbers 15:31 disparaged GATES 219). Share Print Source KeyGATESVerse23:14Keyword(s)excrementSource Page(s)217-9 Switch article DEUTERONOMY | 23:13 latrine — DEUT1249 Establish latrine facilities for soldier... Previous Article DEUTERONOMY | 23:14 hole — DEUT1251 See [[LEV164]] Leviticus 15:2 unclean TA... Next Article