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Rabbi Neustadt on Torah.org weekly halachah discussion parashas Behaaloscha brings from Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach that an uncle is not allowed to touch his niece after she turns 3. In the footnote there Rabbi Neustadt writes “For a general discussion concerning the age of three, see The Weekly Halachah Discussion, vol 1., pg. 238-239.” Does anyone here have that sefer, and if so, can you please tell me what he writes there about the age of three. Does he bring anyone who disagrees or what exactly does he say there.
I can’t remember the source, but I seem to remember that many poskim differentiate between touching derech chibah and just regular touching. So hugging may be assur but holding their hand to cross the street can be muttar.
Doesn’t it also depend on the age of the uncle? (For example, what if the uncle is a toddler?)
Holding the hand to cross the street you can do for an old lady, too. But anything you cannot do with a 28 year old lady an uncle (or any non-relative) cannot do with his niece (or any girl) once she is three years old, according to the Chofetz Chaim. The other shitta is from the Chazon Ish who holds it is no later than when she reaches age seven, but may be an earlier than that age if she’s bodily more mature beforehand.
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a/k/a a bored yeshiva bucheraoish: See the Mishna Berurah (Biur Halacha 75 s.v. tefach, quoting the Shulchan Shlomo ad loc. 1) regarding that they are required from age three. The Chazon Ish (Moed – O.C. 16, 8 s.v. Kasav b’Mishna Berurah) maintains that they are not required until a girl’s body starts to mature, which Rav Wozner says is by age seven at the latest. Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichos Shlomo on Tefillah Ch. 20, 9) says that even ‘yereim l’dvar Hashem’ do not have to follow the Mishna Berura on this point, but rather to be lenient and follow the Chazon Ish’s ruling.
There is however, some dispute as to what age the Chazon Ish was referring to when the proper tznius guidelines should be instituted. Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky opined that until age five, there is no doubt that there is no issue. After that, he maintained that it is not clear-cut and it would depend on each individual girl; he posited that one should therefore be stringent from age five. However, most poskim estimate that the Chazon Ish meant age 6 – 7, depending on the individual girl.
Everyone should ignore aoish3x3. They are a serial troll on another Judaism site I frequent. They posted this there as well.
@commonsaychal, just because a member is new it doesn’t mean that they are a troll, I also find it very unwelcoming.
@ty I welcome new members, but when the first time he joined the discussion he is posting a trollish topic you can safety assume he is a troll.
Whatever nm!
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