Q. I was traveling overnight by train and stayed in a private cabin. It was rather small and I kept my clothing in a corner of the bed. Is there a problem with sleeping in a bed were your clothing also is?
A. On question 3975 regarding laying one's head over the arms and falling asleep, when actually laying one's head over the sleeves, we wrote: Indeed the above is one of five actions that promote forgetfulness of Torah learning mentioned by Talmud Horios (13b), and is also mentioned by Mishna Berura (2: 2).
Sefer Zikaron maintains that sleeping over the clothes that one is wearing, is not related to the above, since those clothes are considered as part of himself and not as sleeping over “clothes.”
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is similar.
Mishna Berura (2: 2) mentions that if one places something that separates between his head and the piece of clothing it is possible that there is no concern of forgetting one’s learning.
It is evident from the above that there is no issue with leaving the clothes one was wearing on the corner of one’s bed.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit'a
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