oomis1105 – Yes, mixing boys and girls would result in more familiarity with how to communicate between genders, and that would make dating easier. However, many of us feel that it is not worth the aveiros that will undoubtedly occur.
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charliehall –
“”What is the significance of something written in Shulchan Aruch?”
That itself is worthy of a thread; there are cases where we don’t follow what is written in the S”A (or, for Ashkenazim, the Rema’s glosses). The methodology regarding how we pick and choose has never been adequately explained.”
That is because the method for arriving at a final, halacha li’maseh conclusion is itself a machlokes ha’poskim. However, I believe Moq was talking about the ramifications of a statement in the SA that is broadly accepted as halacha li’maseh (agreed upon by the Rema, MB, etc.).