Is it permitted to greet someone with the word 'Shalom' (a divine name) in the middle room of a bathhouse?
Synopsis
Shalom is one of the divine names (God called 'Shalom' — Judges 6:24). The middle room permits this greeting; the inner room prohibits even this.
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