Question:
Does food stored in bathroom have the ruach ra ?
Answer:
Preferably food should not be stored in a bathroom. If it was stored or brought into the bathroom, the opinion of many poskim is that it is permitted to eat.
Best wishes
Sources:
Maharam Brisk 1-10, Chemed Moshe 2-98(1), M’bais Levi – Inyonei Y:D pg. 100, Teshuvos V’hanhagos 1-11, 2-4, Yalkut Yosef siman 3- 23, Rivivos V’yovlos 2-12,
Those who permit it, Salmas Chaim siman 13 (new edition), Be’er Moshe 4-2, 5-1,8-41, Ohr L’tzion 1-1. Tzitz Eliezer 14-2, Nesivos H’halacha 46 pg. 393 in the name of R’ Eliyashiv zt”l and pg. 577 in the name of R’ N. Karelitz zt”l.
