[Nfbj] Blindness and shemirat negiah
Judith Bron
jbron at optonline.net
Thu Jun 11 16:34:38 UTC 2009
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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