Yichud
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Yichud (Hebrew:ייחוד) in Halakha (Jewish religious laws) refer to forbidden seclusion between a man and a woman, who are not married to each other, in a closed room or a private area. This prohibition is to prevent the two from coming to sin.
Source of the law
There is a Biblical prohibition against a man being alone with a married woman or a woman who is a Niddah. King David and his high court extended this prohibition to unmarried girls who are ritually pure after the rape of David's daughter Tamar when she was left alone with a manShulkhan Arukh Even HaEzer 22,2These rules are discussed in the Talmud (Tractate Kiddushin 80b ff) and (Tractate Sanhedrin 21).
Laws of Yichud
There is no prohibition against close family members or a married couple being alone together. However, siblings of opposite sexes should not live together on a permanent basis.Yichud also is part of the Askenazic Jewish wedding ceremony. The newly married couple publicly seclude themselves in a closed room for several minutes.
References
See also
- Bais Yaakov (schools for Haredi girls)
- Jewish view of marriage
- Negiah (guidelines for physical contact)
- Niddah (menstruation laws)
- Rebbetzin (rabbi's wife)
- Role of women in Judaism
- Shalom Bayis (peace and harmony in the relationship between husband and wife)
- Shidduch (finding a marriage partner)
- Tzeniut (modest behavior)
External links
- see also: ichud
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