We learned that a room must be "tahor" - pure - before a person prays there. What happens if he prayed in a room and afterwards discovers that it was not, in fact, clean? And is a person allowed to say the Amidah if he needs the bathroom?

Maimonides Minute - Hilchot Tefilah 4:9-10 (Praying while needing the bathroom)

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Maimonides Minute - Hilchot Tefilah 4:9-10 (Praying while needing the bathroom)

Maimonides Minute - Hilchot Tefilah 4:9-10 (Praying while needing the bathroom)