Is it permitted to use a sauna or steam room on Yom Tov, for someone who sweats heavily or wants to relax? What other activities that might be questionable on Yom Tov are actually permitted, and what common ones are actually forbidden?
Is it permitted to use a sauna or steam room on Yom Tov, for someone who sweats heavily or wants to relax? What other activities that might be questionable on Yom Tov are actually permitted, and what common ones are actually forbidden?
It is permitted. See https://kashrut.org/sauna-and-or-steam-room-on-shabbat/ Yom Tov is even more lax than Shabbat because heating water isn’t such an issue.