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Q. Hon. Rabbi. Can a woman swimming (in a proper site,) who wants to take a drink in front of other women also wearing swimming suits, do so reciting the proper blessing?
A. Poskim maintain that women may recite blessings while wearing a bathing suit (as long as her front and back are covered, as she would be while seated).
Similarly, a woman may recite a blessing while facing another woman who is wearing a bathing suit. However, a man who finds himself facing a woman wearing a bathing suit or dressed otherwise immodestly may not recite a blessing or any other holy words for that matter. See Mishna Berura (75)
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: August 8, 2026