Reply To: Separate Times For Bochurim & Sem Girls In Gateshead

Sam2: there are 3 cardinal sins – arayos, avoda zara and shefichas damim. These three is is FORBIDDEN to do even on pain of death. Chillul shabbos is permissible for pikuach nefesh (eg, someone holds a pistol to your head and says that they will definitely shoot if you don’t listen). For something that leads to arayos, it is not ‘extending holiness too far’ to separate the girls and bochurim in such a small community