Why One May Not Offer a Greeting of Peace in the Bathhouse

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 62:2

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"And the LORD called it Peace" (Judges 6:24). Rav Hamnuna said in the name of Ulla: It is forbidden for a person to give a greeting of peace to his fellow in the bathhouse, because it is said, "And the LORD called it Peace."

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