One may not eat in a bathroom. May one enter food into a bathroom?[2] It is customary to avoid entering food into a bathroom. [3] However in a time of need one may do so if the bathroom is clean.
[4] If the food is covered in a bag: Some [5] write that one may enter food into a bathroom if the food is covered by a bag, or the like, from all sides. May one fill a bathtub with ice and drinks in. The Gerald & Karin Feldhamer OU Kosher Halacha Yomis is dedicated to the memory of Rav Yisroel Belsky, zt"l, who served as halachic consultant for OU Kosher for more than 28 years; many of the responses in Halacha Yomis are based on the rulings of Rabbi Belsky.
Subscribe to the Halacha Yomis daily email here. OU Kosher. If unwrapped food such as fruit was brought in the bathroom, it is proper to wash it off three times.
However if that is impossible it is permissible after the fact to eat it. [7] One may bring medicines into the bathroom and leave them in a medicine cabinet. [8] Sources ↑ Rama 3:2, Mishna Brurah 3:4.
If uncovered food was brought into the restroom, if it can be washed off with water three times, one should do so. For instance, if one's child enters the restroom holding an apple, one should wash off the apple three times and only then proceed to eat it. The Tzitz Eliezer (14:2) writes that there is no source that Ru'ach Ra'ah affects food that was brought into a bathroom.
In addition, he proves this is the case from the Be'er Heitev (OC 3:2) who writes that one may not eat in a bathroom, but does not mention any restriction about bringing food into. Is one allowed to take food into the bathroom? I heard that the prohibition is only on the type of bathroom used years ago. The Gerald & Karin Feldhamer OU Kosher Halacha Yomis is dedicated to the memory of Rav Yisroel Belsky, zt"l, who served as halachic consultant for OU Kosher for more than 28 years; many of the responses in Halacha Yomis are based on the rulings of Rabbi Belsky.
Is one allowed to eat food that was taken into the restroom (there is only a toilet - no shower nor bath)? Answer: It is permitted to eat the food. If the food is covered in a bag: Some [5] write that one may enter food into a bathroom if the food is covered by a bag, or the like, from all sides. Question: If one uses the restroom in the middle of a bread meal, must one wash his hands with a blessing and recite the Hamotzi blessing on the bread upon returning to the meal or not?