Question: Is it permitted for 1 female passenger to ride with 1 male Uber driver after dark? The ride would be from the airport to hotel and only 10 minutes… Read more »
Category: Prohibition of seclusion (Yichud)
Yichud
Question: Sleeping in the same room as a woman with the door unlocked and open plus other ppl staying in the house? Answer: Before getting into the technicalities if it… Read more »
Is there an issue of yichud to visit a state park on a date?
Question: I would like to visit a state park with my kallah for walking/hiking light trails. The trails often have foot traffic, but it is likely that we would be… Read more »
Single woman with son and nephew yichud
Question: Is it a problem if yichud for a single woman (divorced) with a 9 year old son, to have a nephew over bar mitzva to stay over? Answer: During… Read more »
yichud with a tenant
Question: If a basement room of a house is rented to a female gentile, and the corridor to that room is shared, is there a problem of yichud if a… Read more »
Yichud on a shuttle in the airport
Question: Is there a yichud problem to go on a shuttle in an airport when there are no connecting doors between the cars and people can’t see in from the… Read more »
יחוד
Question: Sorry to bother you rabbi, is it a yichud problem is a women rent her guest house to a guy? Answer: Can you please give me some more information?… Read more »
Yichud during Rainstorm
Question: Recently I was stuck inside a building which I was attempting to leave -with a female dance teacher during a rainstorm which made it very dangerous to drive home… Read more »
Yichud
Question: With the severe prohibition of Mishkav Zachar, why didn’t Chazal institute a concept of Yichud between men, similar to the prohibition of Yichud between man and a woman? Answer:… Read more »
Yichud for a girl to babysit 2 nephews over-night
Question: Is it a problem of yichud for a 18 year old girl to babysit over-night for her 2 nephews: the first one is 12 years old, and the second… Read more »
yichud
Question: I’m sitting in my work office, a four story building, we are the only office occupied in the building, and one more man is sitting right behind me. its… Read more »
Yichud while babysitting niece and nephew
Question: I’m 22 year old bochur, am I allowed to babysit at night for my 8 year old nephew, 6 year old niece and 3 yr old nephew? They are… Read more »
Yichud
Question: Can a divorced woman with two teenage daughters, all of whom sleep on the second floor of the home, host a divorced man that they do not have any… Read more »
Man going to Female Psychologist, or vise versa.
Question: Kavod HaRav Is it a problem for a frum man to go a female psychologist (clinical) ? Answer: It is not advisable at all for a male to go… Read more »
Is it Yichud for a girl to be with her uncle and 2 of his sons?
Question: Is it Yichud for a 14 year old girl to sleep over night at her uncle’s house, when the only ones home are her uncle, his 7 year old… Read more »
20 year old girl giving private lessons to her 12 year old cousin who’s not religious
Question: Is there a problem for a 19/20 year old frum girl giving private lessons to her 12 year old cousin who’s not religious(teaching him Hebrew and about Judaism)? Answer:… Read more »
Man helping his niece practice driving
Question: Is there a problem for a girl who is practicing for a driving test to drive around with her uncle sitting near her and helping her? Answer: If it… Read more »
Brother as shomer in car on deserted roads
Question: Is there a problem of Yichud for a brother(over Bar Mitzva) and sister(over Bat Mitzva) to travel with one man who is driving them in middle of the night… Read more »
man and woman in car at night when Libo gas ba
Question: Is it permitted for a girl and boy on a date to be in a car at night(assuming there are more cars on the street) when they are already… Read more »
Is there Yichud for a woman on small air-plane when all other passengers are non-jews?
Question: I am a 20 year old girl travelling on a short flight (about 3 hours) on a small air-plane. I think I will be the only Jew, and the… Read more »
Yichud when husband goes to the mikvah in the morning
Question: i am having a handicapped bochur for Shabbos and I need to go out to the mikvah shabbos morning for about 20 minutes and I will have to leave… Read more »
Yichud with three children under ten
Question: I have a ten year old son, and then a 9 year old, 5 year old and 2 year old daughter – would it be yichud to bring a… Read more »
Shomer for wedding night in a hotel
Question: On the wedding night of a kallah who is a niddah and a shomer child is needed to stay with the couple, is that also necessary when staying in… Read more »
Yichud with a man and his non-religious father
Question: Considering that a non-religious Jewish man cannot be considered as a second man to permit yichud (according to some opinions), may a religious Jew be together with a lady… Read more »
yichud with a sister and her two friends
Question: Can I, an 18 year old man stay at my parents house over-night if my sister is sleeping there with her two friends (parents are not there)? If this… Read more »
leaving someone in yichud situation
Question: Sometimes I am at home with my father and grandmother (mother’s mother) – both not yet religious. If I need to leave the house (to daven), am I allowed… Read more »
yichud
Question: I had to do an interview for school with a woman, and the door was closed so as not to disturb other people. (Only she and I were in… Read more »
Is it Lifnei Iver to leave someone in a yichud situation?
Question: Two frum men – Reuven & Shimon – are taking a test in a room where there are two females (one of the females is also a test taker,… Read more »
Yichud with a stepmother
Question: A stepmother home alone with her step son of 16 and step daughter of 12 Answer: If the son and daughter are siblings it surely isn’t a problem. If… Read more »
Married men being friends with other women
Question: Is it halachicly allowed / appropriate for married men to be friends with other women? And is it allowed for married men to drive every day with another women… Read more »
Screen door and Yichud back yard
Question: hello i would like to ask if someone is dating can they sit in the living-room and dining room were there is (no one else in the house) a)… Read more »
Yichud
Question: Is a Jewish man permitted to seclude himself with a non-Jewish woman together with a non-Jewish man, or non-religious Jewish man? Answer: A Jewish man is not permitted to… Read more »
Yichud on the highway
Question: May one drive from one township to another on a date if he must drive through a highway to get there? Answer: If there are cars constantly on the… Read more »
yichud
Question: My son has to see a psychotherapist for his eating disorder issues. She is a lady. When he comes in, we are the only people in the office (last… Read more »
Yichud
Question: As part of my job, I will probably have to clean out a basement together with another intern, who is female, which presents a shaila of yichud. There are… Read more »
Yichud
Question: Igros Moshe EH 4:64-3 seems, without explanation, to permit yichud with a woman and her daughter or granddaughter. If this is truly Harav Feinstein’s view [it may very well… Read more »
Yichud with children
Question: Would a man be permitted to babysit for his own 4 year old and 3 of her five year old friends if no one else is home? Answer: There… Read more »
Relations before marriage
Question: If I’m not nida can I be with a man ? Is there a heter? Answer: There is no heter. Not only is it not permitted to be with… Read more »
Yichud with Babysitter
I am a female babysitter. Is there an issue of yichud while babysitting overnight?: 14 yr old girl 10 yr old boy 6 yr old girl Answer: The yichud issue… Read more »
Yichud with Stepfather
What would be the halachic guidelines for me (a 19 year old girl) being alone with my stepfather in the house? Is it ever permissible? During the day, at night… Read more »
Yichud with Brother in Law
Can my brother in law be in the house with me during the day or does the door have to be left open? Additionally at night when my 9 year… Read more »
Yichud for Babysitter
I am babysitting for a 9 year old boy, 7 year old boy and baby at night. I am stuck here without a 2nd shomer. What do I do in… Read more »
Yichud with Sisters as Shmira
if there is a boy home with a 12 year old sister, a 8 year old sister, a baby brother, and a non jewish housekeeper, is it okay for a… Read more »
Yichud at Work
Hello, I have a question about yichud in a situation where a jewish married man works with a non-jewish female secretary and sometimes another non-jewish female co-worker in a closed… Read more »
Self Defense Class for Women by Man
What’s the Halacha re a woman taking self-defense classes taught by a man? The class would be semi-private – a male instructor with 2 female students. The instructor is a… Read more »
Yichud with 2 Men
A few questions: Is two men living with one woman, where the two men sleep on one floor and the woman ona different floor, in the same house, considered Yichud?… Read more »
Yichud at Work
I am a single girl. During my last hour at work I am often alone with only one non-Jewish man in my room. In the whole office-in other rooms though-there… Read more »
Yichud with Maid
If I am at home alone with maid, and I know that my mother will be out at least for half hour, is that a problem of yichud? Does it… Read more »
Yichud with Many Women
I take excersize at night with a group of eight~ other ladies. the lesson takes place in a kupat cholim office located in a shopping center. The ;esson takes place… Read more »
Yichud for Father and Son
Is it yichud for a woman to host a man and his 12 year old male child in her apartment? Answer: This would be permitted by day, as the father… Read more »