Reply To: Is this a chesed that should be passed up?

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the question, I would probably think she would say thanks but she’s ok (unless she REALLY needs the help). I don’t think there’s anything wrong with offering to help someone with a burden, male or female, if you are comfortable with making the offer to someone of the opposite gender. The Torah teaches us that when we see a man’s donkey has fallen beneath his burden, we are obligated to help pick it up. Why should a human being be less choshuv than a donkey?