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November 23, 2011 5:46 pm at 5:46 pm #600781coreytothecupMember
What is the problem with eating at someones house with teenage girls? If you sit on opposiite sides what could be the problem? Also with this whole shidduch crisis” maybe we should start encouraging it?? Ive started it at my own house….anyone want to start the trend also??
November 23, 2011 6:11 pm at 6:11 pm #983981gavra_at_workParticipantWhat is the problem with eating at someones house with teenage girls
Never heard of it. Have heard of the problem with eating someones house, or the problem with eating teenage girls.
People are friends not food.
November 23, 2011 6:14 pm at 6:14 pm #983982popa_bar_abbaParticipantAlso with this whole shidduch crisis” maybe we should start encouraging it??
There are plenty of frum singles events. That is not the problem. And I’m not sure teenage marriage is a good solution either.
November 23, 2011 6:24 pm at 6:24 pm #983983jch551MemberWhen i was in israel, every out shabbat we used to eat at peoples houses who also have teenage daughters. I personally dont have anything against that and i totally agree that it can help the shidduch world. I tried it myself
November 23, 2011 6:28 pm at 6:28 pm #983984ChuckieMemberits a good idea,, i used to do that
November 23, 2011 6:34 pm at 6:34 pm #983985☕️coffee addictParticipantCorey,
My mashgiach feels the same way
My personal opinion though is that the bachur will have taavos though even if the shidduch isn’t shaayich
November 23, 2011 6:40 pm at 6:40 pm #983986bekitzurParticipantWho/What indicated that it was a problem?
November 23, 2011 6:42 pm at 6:42 pm #983987mamashtakahMemberIs the question about eating at someone’s house, and the host family has teenage girls? Or, is the question about the guest family bringing teenage girls? Which is it? Is it both? What about if both the host family and the guest family have teenage girls?
November 23, 2011 6:47 pm at 6:47 pm #983988ToiParticipantvery bad. sure if youre the style house that would encourage opposite gender socialising then what was ure shaylah? eluh maiy, you think theres a problem. its not tznius. the guys are noticing the girls the whole time, a vice versa. dont kid yourself.
November 23, 2011 7:05 pm at 7:05 pm #983989A Heimishe MomParticipantIts beyond the comfort zone of most teenagers. We put up mechitzos at dinners and other events to avoid the mingling which is precisely what is happening when strange girls and guys eat at the same meal on shabbos. In Eretz Yisroel it is inexcusable – if you want to have both over it should be one meal for boys and one for girls. If you have teenaged daughters you might want to rethink inviting boys.
November 23, 2011 7:24 pm at 7:24 pm #983990real-briskerMemberWhat ever made you think that there is a problem, is exactly the reason why.
November 23, 2011 7:27 pm at 7:27 pm #983991popa_bar_abbaParticipantIf you sit on opposiite sides what could be the problem?
What does which side of the table have to do with anything?
November 23, 2011 7:28 pm at 7:28 pm #983992Sam2ParticipantI have never heard of such a thing, though I guess I should have. It felt ridiculous at first, but if you avoid teenagers ever seeing someone of the opposite gender (especially when they’re too young to date) I see no reason why a Shabbos meal would be different. Still, I can’t see how this wouldn’t destroy communities if no families would ever eat with each other once they have kids of the opposite gender.
November 23, 2011 7:35 pm at 7:35 pm #983994apushatayidParticipantWhat is the connection between teenagers and shidduchim? Are you advocating something new?
November 23, 2011 7:51 pm at 7:51 pm #983995aries2756ParticipantYes Hachnosos orchim is only meant for one gender families and only for one gender guests. Unless of course you have a huge house with two dining rooms in which case you can split the genders into two rooms and you have two entrances one for males and one for females.
In such a case the host family has a specific schedule where the males and females of the family take turns entering the kitchen to get the food to serve in their individual dining rooms. The host father goes into the Women’s dining room to make kiddush. After that the doors are closed so the women can sing zmiros and give d’var torah where the men can’t hear. The men of course conduct their own seudah without the ability to hear or see or be tempted by any female. Hakol B’seder.
November 23, 2011 7:58 pm at 7:58 pm #983996☕ DaasYochid ☕ParticipantOf course it’s a tznius issue. As popa points out, it also wouldn’t be to any practical purpose. This has been suggested in the CR before, and it’s no smarter now that it’s in a different thread. I answered in more detail in this post.
November 23, 2011 8:03 pm at 8:03 pm #983997popa_bar_abbaParticipantaries:
Really? If people are doing this, and they are doing it for a proper motive, why would you make fun?
November 23, 2011 8:37 pm at 8:37 pm #983998coreytothecupMemberI have heard from numerous rabbanim that it is completely assur and thats if families want to eat over at each others they should farm away either the boys of girls…Really people havaent heard of this???
November 23, 2011 8:44 pm at 8:44 pm #983999☕ DaasYochid ☕ParticipantI have heard from numerous rabbanim that it is completely assur and thats if families want to eat over at each others they should farm away either the boys of girls…Really people havaent heard of this???
I have. It’s based on a pretty straightforward halacha in Shulchan Aruch.
November 23, 2011 8:46 pm at 8:46 pm #984000A Heimishe MomParticipantcorey: no I haven’t. Then again, not too many families that I know are still eating out meals when their kids reach teen-age. Close friends, the kids usually know each other already anyway.
November 23, 2011 8:50 pm at 8:50 pm #984001aries2756ParticipantPBA, Hashem blessed families with both genders for a very good reason. There is nothing wrong for families to have a Shabbos meal together and I will follow that with it is no one else’s business. It would be up to the individual parents to decide whether or not all their children should join or not. In many cases these families were raised together and the girls are friends and the boys are friends or they are as close as family.
On the other hand, there are many families who invite bochurim from their local yeshiva dorms for Shabbos meals as well. Many Rebbeim invite bochurim home for meals. I have never heard that Rebbeim that ONLY have boys invite bochurim home for shabbos meals or Oneg Shabbos. I have never heard that Rebbeim lock their daughters in the Attic when their bochurim visit either. It is very difficult for families to have so many guests and for Rebbeim to do this if they don’t have daughters at home to help their wives.
I live in a community where Hochnosos Orchim is a huge part of our community. I find this a little over the top.
November 23, 2011 8:57 pm at 8:57 pm #984002popa_bar_abbaParticipantWell, if you must know, I find it a little over the top that you think my tznius standards, as expressly expressed by my roshei yeshiva have to bend to your hachnosas orchim standards.
November 23, 2011 8:59 pm at 8:59 pm #984003stamamenMemberDaasYochid-
Does the Shulchan Aruch prohibit a family that has boys and girls children from having ANY guests? Or is it only applicable if the guests are unmarried? Or are married guests prohibited too? And does it matter how old the hosts children are? If so, what ages?
Thanks
November 23, 2011 9:16 pm at 9:16 pm #984004MiddlePathParticipantWhile I haven’t really seen such a thing, it doesn’t surprise at all, since in some circles the idea of having any correspondence between boys and girls is considered the worst thing ever. So of course, that would include this. I think for people that have been brought up that way, it may be problematic since they would have no idea how to act, or interact, with the opposite sex, which can result pretty badly. But for people that have been brought being used to corresponding with both boys and girls, having a shabbos meal with each other would be considered perfectly normal, and a wonderful thing.
But even for people of the former group, perhaps they should have such arrangements at meals anyway, so they will become better at properly acting and interacting with the opposite sex, which is something they’ll have to do anyway when they begin dating, and more importantly, when they have a spouse.
November 23, 2011 9:16 pm at 9:16 pm #984005☕ DaasYochid ☕Participantstamamen,
The S.A. doesn’t give specifics, he says that when it comes to separation, we need to be very, very (???, ???) careful.
November 23, 2011 9:17 pm at 9:17 pm #984006aries2756ParticipantPBA, really? Where did I criticize YOU and YOUR tznius standards? Please show me. I don’t want to go through another round with you as in the past. You asked me a question and I responded. If you take offense, sorry, but I did NOT respond to you, your Rosh Yeshiva or anything personally having to do with you.
November 23, 2011 9:48 pm at 9:48 pm #984007real-briskerMemberaries – Well maybe thats because you were never a bochur. Yes, RY and Rabbeim will not let bochurim go to places that have tennage girls. It is not a hard concept to comprehend. Why does the mitzvah of hachnosas orchim have to be mevatel the lav of arayos?
November 23, 2011 10:20 pm at 10:20 pm #984008popa_bar_abbaParticipantaries: Ok, I’m sorry. I was mistaken.
I thought when you called it “over the top”, you were criticizing me for doing it. I see now that you only meant that you personally think it is not correct hashkafa, but are respectful of those who do consider it correct hashkafa.
November 23, 2011 11:20 pm at 11:20 pm #984009NechomahParticipantFor those who think it’s a good idea for girls and boys of marriageable age to sit at a Shabbos table together to learn how to talk to members of the opposite gender, do you know anybody who would research their Shabbos guests like they do shidduchium that are redt to their children? Who knows if they are suitable. Should they find out only after their emotions get involved?
As a single girl (but much older than average) I ate at many houses when living in Yerushalayim before I got married. There were families that stopped inviting me once they had boys who were old enough that they considered it to be too big a challenge for them to be at a table with a single woman, and I was at other families that kept inviting me but had a very long table, and I sat at 1 end, with all of their unmarried girls and married daughters in between. I never really saw them during the meal, but who’s to say that they weren’t looking my way? Can’t say for sure. Not all parents want to risk it.
November 24, 2011 12:21 am at 12:21 am #984010GoldieLoxxMemberwhen we have boys over the older girls sit on the same side of the table as them just not right next to them. my brother sits in between them
this way they dont stare at them whole meal
November 24, 2011 12:45 am at 12:45 am #984011moi aussiMemberAries, your post about Hakol B’seder is hilarious.
Boys and girls at the same Shabbes table, Lo B’seder!
Moreover, I’ve heard of takanos from Rabbi Moskovits from Midrash Shmuel that (young) couples should not invite each other for Shabbes meals. It causes shalom bayis problems. Some women cook gourmet food, whilst others make simple food, some men give profound divrei Torah, whilst others are not so gifted, some men sing beautiful zmiros, whilst others sing boring tunes. These eye-openers are no good.
November 24, 2011 1:16 am at 1:16 am #984012Sam2ParticipantThat is absolutely ridiculous. Someone should be happy with their spouse and know that they have different Yisronos and different Chesronos than everyone else. Let’s Assur ever being nice to each other because we can come up with some ridiculous problem that could come out of that. Let’s Assur all human interaction. No Arayos, no Lashon Hara, no problems.
November 24, 2011 1:58 am at 1:58 am #984013apushatayidParticipant“Yes, RY and Rabbeim will not let bochurim go to places that have tennage girls”
Interesting….I was an invited guest at the home of my RY and many Rabbeim, all who had teenaged daughters present at the table.
As for young couples inviting each other…my Rabbeim stressed the importance of the different families in the kollel to be close and encouraged the families to invite each other for meals.
I suppose individual circumstances vary and each family/couple must use their seichel when inviting company.
(Perhaps things were different when I was a teenager/newly married 15-20 years ago.)
November 24, 2011 2:44 am at 2:44 am #984014☕️coffee addictParticipantGoldie,
that’s an excellent idea
November 24, 2011 3:02 am at 3:02 am #984015yentingyentaParticipantfrom when i was in 12 grade (about 17-18) there were certain families i told my parents i would not go to because they had boys my age there and slightly older. atleast 2x we were invited i had ‘other plans’. both times i went to close friends, one of which also had bachrim. so whats the dif? the first family has boys not so yeshivish and i didnt feel comfortable near them. by contrast my friend’s brothers i knew would ignore me as i would ignore them. problem solved.
(since then i have grown up and i have gone to this family when the sons are there. they have become self absorbed and thus, ignore me.)
so to say its families that do it, it might be the daughter with a sensitivity
(disclaimer: this is ME and MY opinions, not based on anything)
November 24, 2011 3:19 am at 3:19 am #984016aries2756Participantmoi aussi, I agree. Men should lsten to the R”Y they are close to and trust. But that doesn’t mean that everyone has to listen to YOUR or HIS R”Y. Obviously many Roshei Yeshivas as well as many Rabbonim in general have varied opinions on various issues.
November 24, 2011 5:08 am at 5:08 am #984017real-briskerMemberapy – No where in my post did it say anything about eating at the RY’s or Rebbi’s house. I only mentioned what they said about eating at others.
November 24, 2011 5:48 am at 5:48 am #984018old manParticipantEvery one is entitled to behave according to their own comfort level and should be respected.
In my opinion, having teenage boys and girls from different families at the same table is a wonderful thing and should be encouraged.
November 24, 2011 6:33 am at 6:33 am #984019moi aussiMemberSam2, in the Chassidishe velt, men and women don’t interact socially EVER. Are they all ridiculous? Interaction includes respecting other people’s minhagim/hashkafot.
You’re right that isolation from society is not required, but doing things lifnim meshuras hadin deserves recognition.
November 24, 2011 6:48 am at 6:48 am #984020moi aussiMemberaries, was I imposing anything on anyone? I mentioned that I heard a takana from a R”Y. He’s not mine. We don’t know each other’s genders, so don’t assume anything.
November 24, 2011 10:25 am at 10:25 am #984021chocandpatienceMember“That is absolutely ridiculous. Someone should be happy with their spouse and know that they have different Yisronos and different Chesronos than everyone else.”
Sam2: Here in E”Y it is common for young couples to invite each other for meals. It is a problem and does cause sholom bayis issues.
Your comment is true for couples who have been married longer.
Freshly married couples do not have that certainty.
November 24, 2011 1:58 pm at 1:58 pm #984022☕ DaasYochid ☕ParticipantSam2,
That is absolutely ridiculous. Someone should be happy with their spouse and know that they have different Yisronos and different Chesronos than everyone else.
You’re confusing idealism with pragmatism. Of course it would be ideal for everyone to be sameach b’chelko, but we should, on a practical, level deal with the frailties of human nature.
The yetzer horah doesn’t work with cold logic alone.
November 24, 2011 3:41 pm at 3:41 pm #984023ZeesKiteParticipantI think Yisro told his daughters ???? ?? ????? ???, to invite Moshe Rabbeinu for a meal.
Disclaimer: He had other ideas in mind!!!
November 24, 2011 4:44 pm at 4:44 pm #984024apushatayidParticipant“No where in my post did it say anything about eating at the RY’s or Rebbi’s house.”
Are their teenaged daughters somehow different?
November 24, 2011 5:21 pm at 5:21 pm #984025aries2756Participantmoi aussi, I was agreeing with you. I didn’t mean “your” as a personal “you”. I meant it as a general “your, mine, his, her”. I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear.
November 24, 2011 5:23 pm at 5:23 pm #984026real-briskerMemberapy – Yes. Maybe they can run the show differently and be more in control, than some stranger who wouldn’t mind…
November 24, 2011 5:29 pm at 5:29 pm #984027popa_bar_abbaParticipantI think Yisro told his daughters ???? ?? ????? ???, to invite Moshe Rabbeinu for a meal.
Does it say they ate at the same table?
November 24, 2011 5:36 pm at 5:36 pm #984028☕ DaasYochid ☕Participant“No where in my post did it say anything about eating at the RY’s or Rebbi’s house.” (r-b)
Are their teenaged daughters somehow different? (apy)
He knows whether they are or not.
Don’t forget, the OP was suggesting mixed meals to encourage socializing. If a particular father knows his children, and his guests, and determines that they will avoid interaction, that’s an entirely different matter.
November 24, 2011 6:00 pm at 6:00 pm #984029apushatayidParticipantYour grasping at straws here.
November 24, 2011 6:10 pm at 6:10 pm #984030stamagoyMemberthe reason it is ussually not a problem to eat at a Rebbis house even if he has teenage girls is because most probobly nothing would happen seeing as your Rebbe is sittting at the same table as you unless you have no Yirah of your Rebbe- that should be worked on
it is preferable to sit on the same side aof the table as the girls with your sisters in between because if there across from you, youll be looking at them
although i do not Pasken if indeed someones Rav told them it is assur then they cant really have their own opinion beacause its assur
encouraging a possible issur is crazy and before encouraging it ask your Rav what he thinks
theres no being liberal with halacha
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