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Listening to shiur when sweating from exercise

Question:

Is it permissible to listen to a shiur while sweating from exercise?

Answer:

It is permitted. Sweating doesn’t not mean that you can not learn, if you touch the sweat from a part of the body that is usually covered, then you would have to wash or wipe your hands (if you don’t have water). Additionally, even if you did touch the sweaty parts your body,  you are allowed to think in learning (although it is preferred to wash your hands), and listening to a shiur is considered thinking in learning, because you are not talking.

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Sources:

O:CH 92-7, M:B 92-29, Biur Halacha D:H U’lchen quoting Eshel Avrohom and R’ A. Eiger, Shulchan Ruch Horav 1-6, Piskei Teshuvos. 92-10.

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