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What is the Halachah about wearing a urine catheter bag while Davening (because of medical problems)?

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It is permitted for an ill person to Daven (pray) and say anything holy with a catheter, but he should cover the tube through which the urine flows. It is preferable to cover also the bag with the urine. [שו"ת הרמ"א סימן צח, מ"ב סימן פ סוס"ק ד, שו"ת מלמד להועיל סימן ז, אג"מ או"ח א סימן כז, ציץ אליעזר ח"ח סימן א, חלקת יעקב או"ח סימן לא ולב, דברי ישראל סימן קיב, שו"ת מהר"י שטייף סימן ס, תשובות והנהגות ח"ג סימן ס, דברי יציב ח"א סי' נד, באר משה ח"ד סימן ז, נשמת אברהם סימן עו סעיף ה ס"ק ט הערה 2, הליכות שלמה פ"כ אות כו, משנה הלכות ח"ג סי' סא – סח].

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