Yichud
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| Note: Not meant as a definitive ruling. Some observances may be rabbinical, or customs, or Torah based. | |
| Texts in Jewish law relating to this article: | |
| Bible: | Leviticus 18:6 |
| Mishnah: | |
| Babylonian Talmud: | Kiddushin 80b and Sandedrin 21 |
| Jerusalem Talmud: | |
| Mishneh Torah: | |
| Shulchan Aruch: | Even HaEzer 22 and 24 |
Yichud (Hebrew: ייחוד) in Halakha (Jewish religious laws) refer to forbidden seclusion between a man and a woman, who are not married to each other, in a closed room or a private area. This prohibition is to prevent the two from coming to sin.
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[edit] Source of the law
There is a Biblical prohibition against a man being alone with a married woman or a woman who is a Niddah. King David and his high court extended this prohibition to unmarried girls who are ritually pure after the rape of David's daughter Tamar when she was left alone with a man[1]
These rules are discussed in the Talmud (Tractate Kiddushin 80b ff) and (Tractate Sanhedrin 21).
[edit] Laws of Yichud
There is no prohibition against close family members or a married couple being alone together. However, siblings of opposite sexes should not live together on a permanent basis.
Yichud also is part of the Ashkenazic Jewish wedding ceremony. The newly married couple publicly seclude themselves in a closed room for several minutes.
[edit] References
- ^ Shulkhan Arukh Even HaEzer 22,2
[edit] See also
- Bais Yaakov (schools for Haredi girls)
- Jewish view of marriage
- Negiah (guidelines for physical contact)
- Niddah (menstruation laws)
- Rebbetzin (rabbi's wife)
- Role of women in Judaism
- Shalom Bayis (peace and harmony in the relationship between husband and wife)
- Shidduch (finding a marriage partner)
- Tzeniut (modest behavior)
[edit] External links
- see also: ichud
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