Mishnah Berurah — משנה ברורה

משנה ברורה Mishnah Berurah

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עברית · Hebrew

(ד) לא ידבר - ואם הוא לצורך גדול אפשר דמותר לדבר כ"ז שאין נפנה עדיין אבל בעת שנפנה אף לצורך גדול אסור ואם א"א לסגור הדלת ואיש אחר רוצה לכנוס ינחרו זה לזה ולא ידברו רק הנשים כשהולכות לבית הכסא הקבוע לרבים כמו בהכ"ס שבשדה בימיהם או בחצר בהכנ"ס במדינות אלו התקינו חכמים שיהיו מספרות זו עם זו כדי שישמע קולן מבחוץ ולא יכנוס איש לשם ויתיחד עמהן [סנהדרין י"ט] ומשמע קצת שם דנכנסות ג"כ בשתים בבהכ"ס

English Translation

And Should Not Speak - And if it's for a great need, it could be that it's allowed, as long as he isn't relieving himself at that moment. But while he is still relieving himself, even for a great need, it's forbidden. And if it's not possible to close/lock the door, and another man wants to come in, they should grunt to each other, but they shouldn't speak. Only women talk when they go to a specific bathroom that is in public, like a bathroom that was in the field, back in the day, or in the courtyard of the synagogue. In these countries, the Sages said that they should talk to each other in order for their voices to be heard from outside, so a man won't enclose himself there and be alone with them (Sanhedrin 19), and therefore from there, they (women) go in twos to the bathroom.

English: Sefaria Community Translation · License: CC0. Translation source.

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