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Is it permitted for couples to have relations in the daytime if they are tired in the evenings?

msh210
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    Why is the assumption that they can't? That may make this a better question. – andrewmh20 Sep 14 '14 at 00:50
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    Is it permitted to have relations in the evening if they are tired in the day? What if they had chicken for dinner? But what if it's partly cloudy? – Double AA Sep 14 '14 at 00:55
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    Related: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/22092 – msh210 Sep 14 '14 at 05:04
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    ....keep in mind that Mi Yodeya is not really a place for practical halachic advice -- any information you get here should be treated as if it came from a crowd of your friends.... – MTL Sep 14 '14 at 05:42
  • @DoubleAA But what if the husband is a Talmid Chachamim, or the house is dark, or the person has an insatiable urge, or, or, or... there are all kinds of strange exception and leniencies in Judaism - you'll never know unless you ask. – Robert S. Barnes Sep 14 '14 at 10:16
  • @RobertS.Barnes I'm not sure what you are trying to say. The question is a poor one for the reasons we both describe: it has no motivation so it sounds just like asking any of our questions which are equally poor. – Double AA Sep 14 '14 at 14:33
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    @DoubleAA I'm trying to say make your criticism constructive and phrase it in such a way that it encourages better questions, and doesn't sound like you're making fun of the person. Andrew's comment is constructive without coming across as snarky. – Robert S. Barnes Sep 14 '14 at 17:11
  • @RobertS.Barnes Surprisingly, most people don't get it from a comment like andrew's without seeing extremes. It's apparently hard to realize that not everyone can know what you are thinking. – Double AA Sep 14 '14 at 17:53

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We learn in Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 240:11 סימן רמ - איך יתנהג האדם בתשמיש מטתו:

אָסוּר לְשַׁמֵּשׁ בַּיּוֹם, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן הוּא בַּיִת אָפֵל

One is forbidden to have relations during the day unless it's a dark room.

From this we see that in a darkened room you may have relations during the day. There is no prerequisite for the daytime to be more convenient.

BTW: In Shulchan Aruch Even haEzer 25:5 סימן כה - לגדר גדר שלא להרבות בתשמיש, וכיצד יתנהג בשעת תשמיש we learn:

אָסוּר לְשַׁמֵּשׁ מִטָּתוֹ בַּיּוֹם, שֶׁעַזּוּת פָּנִים הִיא לוֹ

That a person is forbidden to have relations during the day. However, there's a note there to see the Halacha in Orach Chaim.

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  • The Talmud (Niddah 17a as understood by Rashi) praises people who, due to being tired at night and not enjoying the experience, have relations during the day time. – Double AA Feb 04 '16 at 06:10