GEN704 (Continued from [[LEV114]] Leviticus 11:43 abominate TZADIK 35). One’s body should be clean and not sweaty.  One should take care to wash his face, hands, and feet, and also his entire body at regular intervals, as we find in the case of Hillel the Elder Leviticus Rabbah 34:3: “When he took leave of his disciples and walked along with them, they asked him: ‘Where are you going?’ He answered: ‘To do a mitzvah.’  They asked: ‘Which mitzvah are you going to do?’ He answered: ‘To bathe in the bathhouse.’  They asked: “Is that a mitzvah?’ He answered: “Yes! Now if with respect to the statues of kings that are set up in theaters and circuses their caretaker polishes and washes them, for which he is not only fed but also brought up among the royal dignitaries, I, who have been created in the image of God and the likeness of God, as it is written [this verse], how much more so should this apply!”  TZADIK 37