Reply To: Making Stuff Up and Sources

This is no chumra and geder. This is an aveira mamish straight out of Shulchan Aruch

Actually, it’s NOT in the Shulchan Aruch. It’s in the Rema on Shulchan Aruch — and there, as I pointed out, it’s mentioned in an off-hand manner in an off-topic discussion and presented as a “yesh omrim” — in other words, not a universal opinion.

and the Kitzur S”A

Ah, but halacha does not always follow the Kitzur.

that will earn a person a free 11 month stay in a well heated area after 120.

Wow! You claim to know that for the sin of holding my wife’s hand in public that I will not only go to hell, but get the full 11 month treatment! You must be a real Navi with the ability to sense what’s going on Machorai HaPargud.

(Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)

The Wolf