Commentary for Yoma 22:2

יכול שאני מרבה אף בית הכסא ובית הבורסקי ובית המרחץ ובית הטבילה ת"ל בית מה בית העשוי לכבוד אף כל העשוי לכבוד יצאו אלו שאין עשויין לכבוד

and a balcony, therefore the text reads, 'house' - [meaning] just as 'house' means a building appointed for a dwelling it thus excludes all other buildings not appointed for a dwelling. One might have wanted to include also the privy, the tannery, the bath-house and the house for ritual immersion, therefore the text says, 'house': just as a 'house is made for dignity, so only all such are implied, which also are made for dignity, to the exclusion of these, which are not made for dignity.

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