Kasha, I will tell you why my husband holds my hand when we walk down the street. It is because I have difficulty walking, and by holding my arm and hand, it helps to steady me when I have to walk a few blocks. No one knows that, when they see me walk down the street with him. And you know what – it is not their business or anyone else’s, for the matter, with all due respect. And one could argue that there is definite chibah on the part of my husband when he is assisting me to walk, but it is not the chibah that the Torah means when it discusses inyanim of tznius. There is chibah and there is chibah. Most people know when someone is crossing a line of appropriate behavior in public.
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