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Which direction to sleep?

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amother

Sat, Jan 15 2011, 2:25 pm

ok not really a halachic question - but don't know where else to put it.
which direction are you supposed to go to sleep - head or feet facing the door?

mummy-bh

Sat, Jan 15 2011, 2:37 pm

you are not supposed to sleep with your feet to the door of the room,

shabbatiscoming

Sat, Jan 15 2011, 2:40 pm

mummy-bh wrote:

you are not supposed to sleep with your feet to the door of the room,

what if that is the only direction that the beds can fit in to the room?

freidasima

Sat, Jan 15 2011, 2:41 pm

That's because they take the dead out of the door feet first. So it's a custom but also a superstition like the business of not sewing something on a live person's body unless they have a piece of thread in their mouth. In any case if you have no choice on the direction of the bed then there are two possibilities. either with the head towards the door even if the feet are at the wall at the bottom or that the door shouldn't be directly across from the bed but on the side, meaning not mamash at the foot of the bed.

amother

Sat, Jan 15 2011, 2:48 pm

That's strange, I was going to say that one should not sleep with their HEAD facing the doorway!

FS, why do you call the sewing/thread superstition and not this direction of sleep idea? It's for the same reason- they sew the shrouds on the dead person, and that is why we don't sew clothes that are on a live person, unless they actively do something 'live'. (don't know if it HAS to be chewing a peice of thread,,, not sure bout that, but I did hear that part as well.)

freidasima

Sat, Jan 15 2011, 2:59 pm

Read what I wrote, both are a superstition for the same reason but both became a sort of custom among some people. That's what I meant

Shuly

Sat, Jan 15 2011, 4:05 pm

amother wrote:

That's strange, I was going to say that one should not sleep with their HEAD facing the doorway!

I also heard it this way.

shalhevet

Sat, Jan 15 2011, 4:13 pm

Ask your rav. Because there are also different opinions which direction to put the beds (I thought that's what this thread was about) - north/south or east/west, especially for a married couple.

FS, none of them are superstitions - they are from kabbala.

Sat, Jan 15 2011, 4:16 pm

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Raisin

Sat, Jan 15 2011, 4:19 pm

shalhevet wrote:

that I never heard. we have no choice in our room, the beds can only go one way (pillows at north). unless we put beds in a long line.

we do keep the head to door thing. Very annoying becasue in my dds room her head is right near the door, which she insist on keeping wide open.

Merrymom

Sun, Jan 16 2011, 12:00 am

It's taught in kabbalah that you should sleep with your feet facing the door.

paprika

Sun, Jan 16 2011, 12:07 am

Yes, I also know that head is opposite the door and feet towards the door.

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