Now that I know that, I will live accordingly
A baal teshuvah must work slowly and steadily. He must climb medregas at a slow and steady pace. And have faith in the Gedoylim. The Gedoylim would not give you a test you cannot pass. When you find out a new halacha, it is best to assume that this means that you are ready to abide by it.
Mark Frankel writes on Beyond BT that,
Rav Moshe Feinstein wrote a “famous” teshuva in which he paskened that a boy talking to a girl was either a Rabbinic prohibition or possibly a Biblical prohibition. That set the stage for a portion of the Orthodox worlds conduct.
I was not aware of this teshuvah. So I just want my female friends and readers to understand that I will no longer be talking to them. I wouldn’t want to be “over” an ancient Jewish tradition from the 1970s.
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You mean oiver.
BTW though before you decide R’ Moshe “made up” that halacha in his teshuva back around the time you were born, maybe you should read it and get back to us about whether he wickedly claims to “rely” on sources predating Watergate. I expect you will also demonstrate why his reliance is, as we say, “misplaced.”
By the way, DK, I have no idea what the actual psak Mark is referring to states, i.e., what constitutes (age wise) a “boy” or a “girl” or, for that matter, “talking.” Do you?
Ron,
I thought about that as well…the idea that the language of boy and girl is used makes the whole thing a bit suspicious somehow.
googled it. it’s apparently Igros Moshe, Even HaEzer, IV:60
http://burgncsy.org/index.php/.....thread/32/
I can’t find it online and I don’t have it at home but you can look it up yourself.
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