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Can a fiance sleep at his in-law's?
This opinion comes from the Rama in EH 55:1, and Rav Soloveitchik was makpid on this (Nefesh HaRav pg.255).
Text of Rama:
הארוסה, אסורה לבעלה מדברי סופרים, כל זמן שהיא בבית אביה; והבא על
ארוסתו בבית ...
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The Rambam's "Complete Repentence" + halachical logistics
R. Ephraim Luntschitz indeed explains (Kli Yakar Bamidbar 19:21) that the penitent must seclude himself with the woman that he previously sinned with. He thus explains the statement of the Sages that ...
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Why teaching kids Torah is the only forbidden profession for singles Yihud-wise?
The reason for the Mishna in Kiddushin prohibiting singles to teach children is not because of the technical prohibition of Yichud, but due to a general concern of the single building relationships ...
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Yichud with mother and daughter
Reb Moshe in Igros Moshe אבה"ע ד סוף סי' ס"ד writes that there is no prohibition of Yichud by a mother and daughter, or granddaughter.
However, it would seem that this is not like the באר שבע ...
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Is there Yichud in a video-recorded location with no person watching?
In a first pass, it is difficult to imagine that the mere possibility of someone watching would be enough to enable yichud. I didn't find a straight ruling but here are some poskim opinions which call ...
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Can a fiance sleep at his in-law's?
I can see two sources in the talmud:
A. Avodah Zarah 58b
מאי א"ל אסור משום לך לך אמרין נזירא סחור סחור לכרמא לא תקרב
Rabbi Asi repeated his question: What is the halakha? Rabbi Yoḥanan
said ...
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What is the amount of time a suspected woman needs to be secluded to be considered a Sotah?
Rambam Hilchos Sotah 1,2 Paskens like Rabbi Akiva the time for seclusion is to fry an egg and swallow it.
שהתה עמו כדי טומאה שהוא כדי לצלות ביצה ולגמעה הרי זו אסורה על בעלה עד שתשתה מי המרים ויבדק ...
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Do the laws of Negiah depend on sexual orientation?
This question is tricky because it's not clear that Halachah recognizes such a phenomenon of one who is just asexual though technically physically capable of sexual intercourse.
Similarly, it's not ...
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Saying the Amidah, you find yourself in yichud
This is a good question. I looked around quickly & didn't see this question brought anywhere so I will try to come to an answer based on other areas of study. The Shulchan Aruch Even Haezer Siman ...
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Should newlyweds sleep under the same roof during the Sheva Brachot period?
If the Kallah is Niddah at the time of the wedding, then they should not stay in a situation of Yichud until she has been to the Mikva at the correct time.
If not, then they may (and should) stay ...
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Yichud with a bedridden person
This will depend on the state of the patient and whether he would be capable of achieving intimacy in his state. If he is, yichud remains forbidden. If he is feeble and old, R Abraham S. Abraham (in ...
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Definition of "Isko Im Hanashim"
The sefer “Ashrei Ha’Ish” contains the rulings of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashev z”l.
In Even Ha’Ezer (2:15), he addresses the parameters of “Isko Im Hanashim”.
כז. וגדר "עסקו עם נשים", הוא איש שעסקו ...
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Definition of "Isko Im Hanashim"
The Sefer Kovetz Chavuros Halacha pg.535 writes that there are a bunch of examples from the gemara, and Rashi explains that any profession that deals with women. For example, a jewler who deals with ...
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Yichud in a car?
R. Yitzchak Abadi has a responsum (Ohr Yitzchak vol. II Inyanim Shonim #13) in which he critiques the responsum of R. Feinstein cited in user6591's answer, and specifically the idea that we are ...
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The Rambam's "Complete Repentence" + halachical logistics
I think this question is a mistake (notwithstanding the checked answer!) The Rambam doesn't say or mean that you are supposed to do this. He simply describes examples of two different kinds of ...
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Is it Yichud to learn/study torah with the opposite gender?
The Torah laws of Yichud generally prohibit a man and woman; besides one's wife or mother, (or perhaps even a man and two women) from secluding themselves together in a place that is for all purposes ...
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Yichud while sleeping
The answer to your question might depend whether a person is subject to mitzvot while sleeping which is a dispute (see a full analysis by R Aryeh Lebowitz here starting p. 9)
But practically regarding ...
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Can a fiance sleep at his in-law's?
Igrot Moshe Y.D. 1:90
וברוצים פנוי ופנויה להכיר זה את זו לתכלית נישואין אם ימצאו חן אם רשאים לשכור שני חדרי לינה בבית אחד שגם בעה"ב ואשתו דרים שם הנה אם יודיעו זה להבעה"ב ואשתו שאינם איש ...
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Yichud with a bedridden person
My inclination is that there would still be some concern even if the person is bedridden. How that pragmatically plays out nowadays for professionals is something to ask your local Orthodox rabbi.
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Do Men of Low Moral Character Care About Reputation/Entering Ruins?
I believe the gemara in kiddushin 81a can answer this question:
רב ורב יהודה הוו קאזלי באורחא הוה קאזלא ההיא איתתא קמייהו א"ל רב לרב יהודה דל כרעיך מקמי גיהנם אמר ליה והא מר הוא דאמר בכשרים שפיר ...
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Electronic Yichud
The prohibition of yichud is to prevent any physical things from happening, so there would be no digital yichud. Yichud is strictly physical.
The mishnah in avos does say to limit interactions with ...
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Imagine a non-Jewish hostel has a male and a female dorm. Does yichud allow me to sleep in the male dorm?
The problem is only for a WOMAN to be with many non-Jews, because of rape. There is no [halachic] problem for a man. Unless, of course if they are known to be very anti-Semitic, then it might be ...
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In a non-Jewish youth hostel, is it problematic to stay in a mixed-gender dorm instead of a male-only one?
https://www.sie.org/templates/sie/article_cdo/aid/2309099/jewish/Chapter-1-Yichud-What-Where-and-With-Whom-1.htm
Even at night, 1 man with (maybe 3 or) 4 women is probably technically mutar. Similarly ...
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In a non-Jewish youth hostel, is it problematic to stay in a mixed-gender dorm instead of a male-only one?
You would encounter Yichud, possibly, as you will be in the presence of only women at times (there is no rule about all the inhabitants of a room marching in and out together). However this is not so ...
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