Boy, this thread is turning into something too hot to touch…my hand flinches from it immediately. ;j
Chaim Mattis Keller
When you’re watching Babylon 5 and the announcer says, “Don’t Touch That Dial” . . . he means business!
(I promised myself I’d stop with the jokes. Then I imagined all of the confused Babylon 5 fans lurking this thread . . .)
::rolling up sleeves::
OK - you want to get into negiah (touching)? Let’s get it on!
It’s really a very simple concept: boys and girls don’t touch. At all.
Wait, wait. Calm down. Yes, you can touch your mother/sister/daughter/Aunt. You can kiss your Grandmother and hug your niece on her Bat Mitzvah.
The idea is a straightforward one. It’s the slippery slope argument. Since Halacha forbids certain kinds of touching, it outlaws all of it just to make sure people behave.
Strictly observant Jews do not touch members of the opposite sex for any reason. The courtship between singles is just not a physical affair.
That’s it. Questions?
Most definitely.
Try Catholicism or something - they’re all crazy but not that crazy.
Is that anything like a Geisha girl?
Are you sure that’s snius?
( :rolleyes: okay I’ll stop with the jokes now. That was my last one. I should get more sleep)