Dating someone with big age difference
Question
Is it okay for a 17-year-old who is a Jew to date/have intimate relations with a 24-year-old who is also a Jew?
Answer
Thank you for your question.
In Halacha, this age gap is not deemed significant in a couple. However, it's crucial to understand that the purpose of dating is to seek a suitable partner for marriage and to establish a home together. Intimacy before marriage is forbidden in Judaism.
Once a couple decides to marry, they study the laws of Taharat Hamishpacha, or "Family Purity," which teaches the Jewish laws of intimacy.
Wishing you lots of success.
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Head of the English department at sheilot.com, Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Graduate of Yeshivas Ponovezh and Kollel Ponovezh, tested by Mifal Halacha, Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah (2022–2026)
Basar Vecholv, Ta'aroves, Ribis, Laws of Shabbos, Yom Tov, Chol Hamoed, Niddah, Tzitzis and Tefillin, Eiruvin, Succah
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