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# Men shouldn't talk while in the bathroom unless one hasn't begun to relieve oneself and there's a great need, however after one has begun one may not speak at all. However, it's permissible for women to speak to one another in the bathroom. <Ref> Rama 3:1, Mishna Brurah 3:4. See BeYitzchak Yikra (3:4, by Rav Nevinsal) who writes that it's always preferable not to speak in the bathroom even if there's a great need, however for women it's permissible and it's not even preferable to be stringent. </ref>  
# Men shouldn't talk while in the bathroom unless one hasn't begun to relieve oneself and there's a great need, however after one has begun one may not speak at all. However, it's permissible for women to speak to one another in the bathroom. <Ref> Rama 3:1, Mishna Brurah 3:4. See BeYitzchak Yikra (3:4, by Rav Nevinsal) who writes that it's always preferable not to speak in the bathroom even if there's a great need, however for women it's permissible and it's not even preferable to be stringent. </ref>  
# If one entered the bathroom for a purpose other than relieving oneself it's permissible to talk in the bathroom. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 3:3 </ref>
# If one entered the bathroom for a purpose other than relieving oneself it's permissible to talk in the bathroom. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 3:3 </ref>
# In the days of Chazal, a man shouldn't reveal more than a Tefach behind oneself and two Tefachs in front and a women shouldn't reveal more than a Tefach behind oneself and nothing in front. <ref> S"A 3:4 </ref> However, in our days when our bathrooms are private, one should be modest and cover oneself appropriately as much as possible without being concerning about dirting one's clothes, the toilet, or the bathroom. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 3:2 </ref>
# In the days of Chazal, a man shouldn't reveal more than a [[Tefach]] behind oneself and two [[Tefach]]s in front and a women shouldn't reveal more than a [[Tefach]] behind oneself and nothing in front. <ref> S"A 3:4 </ref> However, in our days when our bathrooms are private, one should be modest and cover oneself appropriately as much as possible without being concerning about dirting one's clothes, the toilet, or the bathroom. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 3:2 </ref>


==Bringing food into a bathroom==
==Bringing food into a bathroom==

Revision as of 15:08, 13 May 2012

Washing hands after going to the bathroom

  1. After going to the bathroom one must wash his hands (three times switching off) without a bracha. [1]
  2. If one’s hands didn’t get dirty at all then there’s no obligation to wash hands in order to say Asher Yatzer but rather one should still wash for cleanliness. [2] If one doesn't have water one may still make the bracha of Asher Yatzer. [3]
  3. If one placed a hand into the bathroom even if he didn't relieve himself, he should preferably wash both hands, but he is definitely obligated to wash the hand that he did put in the bathroom. [4]

Appropriate behavior in a bathroom

  1. Men shouldn't talk while in the bathroom unless one hasn't begun to relieve oneself and there's a great need, however after one has begun one may not speak at all. However, it's permissible for women to speak to one another in the bathroom. [5]
  2. If one entered the bathroom for a purpose other than relieving oneself it's permissible to talk in the bathroom. [6]
  3. In the days of Chazal, a man shouldn't reveal more than a Tefach behind oneself and two Tefachs in front and a women shouldn't reveal more than a Tefach behind oneself and nothing in front. [7] However, in our days when our bathrooms are private, one should be modest and cover oneself appropriately as much as possible without being concerning about dirting one's clothes, the toilet, or the bathroom. [8]

Bringing food into a bathroom

  1. One shouldn’t eat in a bathroom. [9]
  2. Initially one should be careful not to bring food into the bathroom even if it is wrapped. If wrapped food was brought into the bathroom it is still permissible to eat. If one has food in one's pocket and has no where to leave it one may enter the bathroom with it in one's pocket. If unwrapped food such as fruit that was brought in the bathroom its proper to wash it off three times and if that's impossible it's permissible after the fact. [10]
  3. One may bring medicines into the bathroom and leave it in a medicine cabinet. [11]

References

  1. ↑ S”A 7:1 writes that one does not make a bracha on the washing after going to the bathroom. Mishna Brurah 7:3 confirms it even though many disagree.
  2. ↑ S"A 7:2
  3. ↑ Mishna Brurah 7:5
  4. ↑ Or Litzion 2:1:13
  5. ↑ Rama 3:1, Mishna Brurah 3:4. See BeYitzchak Yikra (3:4, by Rav Nevinsal) who writes that it's always preferable not to speak in the bathroom even if there's a great need, however for women it's permissible and it's not even preferable to be stringent.
  6. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 3:3
  7. ↑ S"A 3:4
  8. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 3:2
  9. ↑ Bear Hetiev 3:2
  10. ↑ Yalkut Yosef 3:23
  11. ↑ Halachically Speaking (vol 5, issue 3) quoting Sh"t Bear Moshe 8:41, Sh"t Rivevot Efraim 1:8(2), 2:6, Teshuvot VeHanhagot 1:11. See also Sh"T Tzitz Eliezer 14:2.
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