Avodah Zarah

NOWHERE, HOWEVER, MAY ONE LET A BATH-HOUSE, etc. It has been taught: Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel said: One should not let his bath-house to a heathen, for it is called by the owner's name, and the idolater will work in it on Sabbath and festivals.  It would seem, then, that to a Cuthean  it may be let? But might not a Cuthean do work in it on the intermediate Days?  — We, too, are permitted to do [such] work on the Intermediate Days.  [Again] it would seem that in the case of a field, letting to a heathen is permitted! What is the reason?  — Because people will say that he is merely a metayer working for his tenancy.  Why then not apply the same principle to a bath-house? — People do not generally let a bath-house on terms of metayage. It has been taught: R. Simeon b. Eleazar says: One should not let one's field to a Cuthean, for it is called by the owner's name and that Cuthean will do work in it on the intermediate Days.  So that to an idolater such letting is permitted? Because it will be said that he is a metayer working for his own tenancy. If so, why should it not be said in the case of a Cuthean, too, that he is a metayer working for his own tenancy?