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Sitting Next to a Man on a Bus

Question

Hello, is it permissible for a woman to sit next to a man on a bus?

Answer

Hello 

There are two issues. A. A significant concern of touching. B. It is not in the way of modesty to sit in close proximity to a man. 

Answered 28 September 2025 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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