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# One shouldn’t eat in a bathroom. <Ref>Bear Hetiev 3:2 </ref>
# One shouldn’t eat in a bathroom. <Ref>Bear Hetiev 3:2 </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>  
# 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 some other purpose 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 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>
==Bringing food into a bathroom==
==Bringing food into a bathroom==
# One may bring medicines into the bathroom and leave it 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>
# One may bring medicines into the bathroom and leave it 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>
==References==
==References==
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