May a Jew rent out his bathhouse to a non-Jew, given that the non-Jew will operate it on Shabbat?
Synopsis
A bathhouse known to belong to a Jew may not be rented to a non-Jew because people will assume the non-Jew is a hired day-laborer acting as the Jew's agent, since bathhouses are not typically given out on a percentage-share (arisut) basis. The prohibition is rabbinic, based on marit ayin (appearance of wrongdoing).
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