Musar for Shabbat 19:12

כי קאמר רב אדא בר אהבה במרחץ שאין בו אדם והא אמר רבי יוסי בר חנינא מרחץ שאמרו אע"פ שאין בו אדם בית הכסא שאמרו אע"פ שאין בו צואה

and it goes without saying that he need not remove them [if already wearing them]; in the place where people stand undressed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the inner chamber. ');">³²</span> a greeting of 'Peace' is not permissible there<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra. ');">³³</span> and reading and praying goes without saying; the phylacteries must be removed, and it goes without saying that they must not be donned!-When R. Adda b. Ahabah made his statement it referred to baths in which no one is present. But did not R. Jose b. Hanina say: The baths of which they [the Rabbis] spoke are even those in which none are present; the privy closet of which they spoke<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the same connection. ');">³⁴</span>

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