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Respect for the Aron Kodesh

I have a full Aron Kodesh in my house. What laws should I be careful about?

When there is an Aron Kodesh in the house, we need to be especially careful to be dressed modestly and behave modestly in the room in which it is kept.
Marital relations should not be performed in that same room, nor in an adjacent room, if the door is open.

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או”ח סי’ ר”מ ס”ו וראה המשנ”ב שם.