[Nfbj] Blindness and shemirat negiah

[Judith Bron]

Feli, When I go out with my husband he gives me his arm.  We are Chassidic 
Jews.  My sons, all former Yeshiva students who now have families of their 
own, do the same.  I don't know the halachas of a woman taking the arm of a 
strange man.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Felicitas Payk" <felicitas.payk at t-online.de>
To: "NFB in Judaism" <nfbj at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:26 PM
Subject: [Nfbj] Blindness and shemirat negiah


> Hello,
> I actually wondered whether guiding blind people collides with being 
> shomer negiah. An Orthodox rabbi who once taught me always offered me his 
> arm when we went somewhere, and I was very happy about that. Do you know 
> whether there is anything written on this subject, or whether the Talmud 
> says anything? What are your experiences with those situations, when you 
> need a hand but there's no one of your sex around? Did people ever say 
> "no"?
> All the best,
> Feli
>
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