“P.S. To all those commenters who are attacking this avreich for putting his hand on the boy’s shoulder for a few moments (with his consent):
What is your opinion regarding children joining a dancing circle at a wedding or Simchas Torah?
Must all the men immediately leave the circle lest they face arrest?“
I wasn’t one of them (I don’t remember) but over there is different because she didn’t know the guy whereas in shul usually the mispallelim know each other