Is it permitted to think (hirhurim) about Torah in a bathhouse?
Synopsis
The Rema permits mental Torah contemplation even in the bathhouse and even in front of naked persons. The Aruch HaShulchan records a dissenting view that hirhurim are forbidden.
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