May a Jew rent out a bathhouse to a non-Jew who is a mumar (apostate Jew)?
Synopsis
Renting to an apostate Jew is worse than renting to a non-Jew because of the additional prohibition of lifnei iver (placing a stumbling block before the blind), and this applies to all types of property including fields.
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