ג בֵּית הַכִּסֵּא הֶחָדָשׁ שֶׁהוּכַן וַעֲדַיִן לֹא נִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בּוֹ מֻתָּר לִקְרוֹת קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע לְנֶגְדּוֹ אֲבָל לֹא בְּתוֹכוֹ. מֶרְחָץ הֶחָדָשׁ מֻתָּר לִקְרוֹת בְּתוֹכוֹ. הָיוּ שְׁנֵי בָּתִּים זִמֵּן אֶחָד מֵהֶם לְבֵית הַכִּסֵּא וְאָמַר עַל הַשֵּׁנִי וְזֶה. הֲרֵי הַשֵּׁנִי סָפֵק אִם הִזְמִינוֹ לְכָךְ אִם לֹא. לְפִיכָךְ אֵין קוֹרִין בּוֹ לְכַתְּחִלָּה וְאִם קָרָא יָצָא. אָמַר גַּם זֶה הֲרֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם מְזֻמָּנִין וְאֵין קוֹרְאִין בָּהֶן. חֲצַר הַמֶּרְחָץ וְהוּא הַמָּקוֹם שֶׁבְּנֵי אָדָם עוֹמְדִין בּוֹ לְבוּשִׁין מֻתָּר לִקְרוֹת בּוֹ קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע:
3 Where a latrine has been newly erected but not yet used, the Shema may be read facing it, but not within it. In a new bath house, the Shema may be read. Where one of two buildings was set apart as a latrine, and the owner said of the second building, "And this", it is doubtful whether the latter has also been appropriated to the same use as the former, or not. Hence one may not deliberately read the Shema there, but whoever has done so has fulfilled his duty. If the owner uttered the phrase, "This too", both buildings are deemed to have been set apart as latrines, and the Shema may not be read in either. It is permitted to read the Shema in the courtyard of a bath house, i.e. in the place where people stand about, clothed.