Q&A: Sauna
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Sauna
Question
Hello, Rabbi, am I allowed to go to a sauna and pool knowing that there are girls there who are dressed immodestly (roughly like at the beach)?
I should emphasize that I don't know of places like that with a pool and saunas that are only for men (I'm abroad).
Answer
There is a bit of room to analyze this, based on the Talmudic topic of "where it cannot be avoided and one does not intend it." I tend to think that if it will cause you forbidden sexual thoughts, then it is forbidden.
What exactly is meant by forbidden thoughts?