- Halacha
- Etiquette
Hebrew in the Bathroom
Question
Is one permitted to study a Hebrew (or Aramaic ) textbook that does not contain Torah in the bathroom if ones primary intention in for the sake of learning Torah?
Answer
As long as it is not Torah you can learn it in the Bathroom.
Some Rabbis are Machmir that one shouldn't even bring in any Hebrew text in to the bathroom since it is a holy language but Aramaic is not a problem at all.
Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger

Radio in the Bathroom
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 7 Kislev 5764

Radio in the Bathroom
Various Rabbis | Tishrei 4, 5774

Reading in bathroom
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 3 Av 5763

Sacred jewelry
Various Rabbis | Iyyar 15, 5768

Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.

One bracha or two
15 Kislev 5763

The Blessing of keeping The Laws of Niddah
15 Cheshvan 5763

Length of Sleeves
15 Kislev 5763

Kissing a Mezuzah or Sefer
3 Tishrei 5763

No sukkah at home
Rabbi David Sperling | Tishrei 7, 5775

Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773

Keeping 1 or 2 days Yom Tov in Israel
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 23 Nisan 5766

Havdalah from Shabbat to Yom Tov
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 10 Cheshvan 5763

Tefillos Rosh Hashanah
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tishrei 3, 5784
hagomel in Yom kipur
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Tishrei 9, 5784
