Q&A: Torah in the Person
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Torah in the Person
Question
Is it permissible to study science in the bathroom? (In terms of “Torah in the person,” according to Maimonides and other medieval authorities.)
Answer
It doesn’t seem problematic to me at all. In my view, there is no fundamental objection to studying The Guide for the Perplexed and similar works in the bathroom. It is no different from studying Kant—setting aside, of course, the biblical verses and their interpretation.