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==Appropriate Behavior in a Bathroom== | ==Appropriate Behavior in a Bathroom== | ||
# 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: | # 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 entered the bathroom for a purpose other than relieving oneself it is 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 is permissible to talk in the bathroom. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 3:3 </ref> | ||
# 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> | # 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> | ||
