Yichud
Sign in to savethumb|300px|The Biblical story about Joseph (son of Jacob)|Joseph and [[Potiphar's wife is an example of the risks with yichud.]] In Jewish religious law (halakha), the laws of yichud () prohibit seclusion in a private area of a man and a woman who are not married to each other. Such seclusion is prohibited out of fear that sexual intercourse or other, lesser acts may occur. A person who is present in order to prevent yichud is called a shomer.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 235 inbound references to Yichud, and connects out to Torah, bar and bat mitzvah and mikveh.
It is catalogued under topics including Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law, Jewish marital law and Judaism and sexuality.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
~19 min read
Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Source of the prohibition
- Laws
- Leniencies
- Baaloh B'ir – in town
- Pesach Posuach – open door
- Shomrim – guards
- Siblings
- Biological children
- Adopted children
- Unmarried couples
- Babysitting and caregiving
- Transportation
- Business
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|300px|The Biblical story about Joseph (son of Jacob)|Joseph and [[Potiphar's wife is an example of the risks with yichud.]] In Jewish religious law (halakha), the laws of yichud () prohibit seclusion in a private area of a man and a woman who are not married to each other. Such seclusion is prohibited out of fear that sexual intercourse or other, lesser acts may occur. A person who is present in order to prevent yichud is called a shomer.
The laws of yichud are typically followed in strict Orthodox Judaism. Adherents of Conservative and Reform Judaism do not generally abide by the laws of yichud.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yichud” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.