# 1577 Lost in the Translation?

Question

(See question above) Can one get undressed in front of closed printed seforim dealing with Torah topics written in English or other languages?

Answer

Sefer Chasidim (915) writes that one should be extremely careful in honoring seforim.

Shev Yaakov (55), Massas Binyamin and many others rule that the above applies equally to printed seforim.

Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it applies also to proper Torah seforim written in other languages.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a

Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a

Published: January 4, 2018

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