PBA: Because sometimes it’s necessary to keep Yiddishkeit alive. People can’t stay alone in a bubble and be happy. I will not relate the whole story (it probably wouldn’t get past the mods), but something shockingly close (not inappropriate though) happened between a close friend of mine and a girl he knew. When I asked them how that was at all okay, they both responded, in unison, “He’s like my brohter” and “She’s like my sister”. The two were two of 7 Frum kids in the tiny Midwestern community where they grew up. Close communities there are how Yahadus (or any community) survives. And I don’t know “friends” per se, but people are certainly very friendly, even with members of the opposite gender (though obviously the guys are better friends with the guys and the girls better friends with the girls).
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