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==Proper conduct in Bathroom==
==Washing Hands after Going to the Bathroom==
See [[Activities_That_Require_Netilat_Yadayim#After_Leaving_the_Bathroom|Activities That Require Netilat Yadayim]]


==Washing hands after going to the bathroom==
==Appropriate Behavior in a Bathroom==
# After going to the bathroom one must wash his hands (three times switching off) without a bracha. <Ref>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. </ref>
# Men should not talk while in the bathroom, if however one has not begun to relieve oneself yet and there is a great need to talk it is permissible, however after one has begun to relieve oneself one may not speak at all. It is however permissible for women to speak to one another in the bathroom. <Ref> Rama 3:2, Mishna Brurah 3:4. See BeYitzchak Yikra (3:4, by Rav Nevinsal) who writes that it is always preferable not to speak in the bathroom even if there is a great need, however for women it is permissible and it is not even preferable to be stringent. </ref>  
# If one’s hands didn’t get dirty at all then there’s no obligation to wash hands because of going to the bathroom, rather there is an obligation to wash in preparing for Tefilah (Mincha and Maariv). <ref> S"A 7:2 </ref>
# If one entered the bathroom for a purpose other than relieving oneself it is permissible to talk in the bathroom.<ref> Piskei Teshuvot 3:3 </ref>
==Inappropriate behavior in a bathroom==
# In the days of Chazal, the ruling was that men shouldn't reveal more than a [[Tefach]] from behind and two [[Tefach]]im in front and women shouldn't reveal more than a [[Tefach]] behind themselves and nothing in front.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 3:4 </ref> However, in our days when our bathrooms are private, one should still be modest and cover oneself appropriately as much as possible but is allowed to and should take into consideration not to dirty one's clothes, the toilet, or the bathroom.<ref> Piskei Teshuvot 3:2 </ref>
# One shouldn’t eat in a bathroom. <Ref>Bear Hetiev 3:2 </ref>
# One may not think divrei Torah in the bathroom, rather when one is there one should think about one's mundane obligations and calculations so as not to come to think about Torah. On [[Shabbat]], when one should not think about one's business one should think about wonderous things one saw or heard.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 4:4</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 not for going to the bathroom but for som eother purpose 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>


==References==
==Bringing Food into a Bathroom==
# One should not eat in a bathroom. <Ref>Bear Hetiev 3:2 </ref>
# Initially one should be careful not to bring food into the bathroom even if the food is wrapped. If wrapped food was brought into the bathroom it is still permissible to eat it when outside the bathroom again. 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 was brought in the bathroom, it is proper to wash it off three times. However if that is impossible it is permissible after the fact to eat it.<ref> Yalkut Yosef 3:23,Or Letzion vol. 1:1, 2:1:9,
Halacha Berurah 4:13 & 50. </ref>
# One may bring medicines into the bathroom and leave them in a medicine cabinet.<ref> [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehalacha.com%2Fattach%2FVolume5%2FIssue3.pdf 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. </ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 04:28, 15 July 2020

Washing Hands after Going to the Bathroom

See Activities That Require Netilat Yadayim

Appropriate Behavior in a Bathroom

  1. Men should not talk while in the bathroom, if however one has not begun to relieve oneself yet and there is a great need to talk it is permissible, however after one has begun to relieve oneself one may not speak at all. It is however permissible for women to speak to one another in the bathroom. [1]
  2. If one entered the bathroom for a purpose other than relieving oneself it is permissible to talk in the bathroom.[2]
  3. In the days of Chazal, the ruling was that men shouldn't reveal more than a Tefach from behind and two Tefachim in front and women shouldn't reveal more than a Tefach behind themselves and nothing in front.[3] However, in our days when our bathrooms are private, one should still be modest and cover oneself appropriately as much as possible but is allowed to and should take into consideration not to dirty one's clothes, the toilet, or the bathroom.[4]
  4. One may not think divrei Torah in the bathroom, rather when one is there one should think about one's mundane obligations and calculations so as not to come to think about Torah. On Shabbat, when one should not think about one's business one should think about wonderous things one saw or heard.[5]

Bringing Food into a Bathroom

  1. One should not eat in a bathroom. [6]
  2. Initially one should be careful not to bring food into the bathroom even if the food is wrapped. If wrapped food was brought into the bathroom it is still permissible to eat it when outside the bathroom again. 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 was brought in the bathroom, it is proper to wash it off three times. However if that is impossible it is permissible after the fact to eat it.[7]
  3. One may bring medicines into the bathroom and leave them in a medicine cabinet.[8]

Sources

  1. ↑ Rama 3:2, Mishna Brurah 3:4. See BeYitzchak Yikra (3:4, by Rav Nevinsal) who writes that it is always preferable not to speak in the bathroom even if there is a great need, however for women it is permissible and it is not even preferable to be stringent.
  2. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 3:3
  3. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 3:4
  4. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 3:2
  5. ↑ Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 4:4
  6. ↑ Bear Hetiev 3:2
  7. ↑ Yalkut Yosef 3:23,Or Letzion vol. 1:1, 2:1:9, Halacha Berurah 4:13 & 50.
  8. ↑ 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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