touching
Hello Rabbi Michi
After issues I read in the Gemara and after reading various articles by Rambam, etc.
What kind of touching is actually forbidden?
There is casual touching, there is close affection, and there is consensual (sexual) affection.
Is a brief casual touch of a hug between friends or relatives (aunt, cousin, etc.) forbidden? Because in such touches there is no affection, but rather a closeness that does not lead to any forbidden appeals.
And the Rambam writes that the one who hugs and kisses is through lust (sexual affection)
So is kinship love also forbidden or only kinship (sexual) love?
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Sorry for pushing my head through the mountains, Rabbi Michi. But I'm surprised to hear that it's a shock. Don't all the poskim interpret the prohibition as applying to any affectionate touch (including a light hug or a touch on the shoulder, even to an old woman, for example, to whom there is no sexual attraction. At least according to the rabbis). And only some allow it in the case of touching for the purpose of medical treatment or a polite handshake?
I didn't see a question here.
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