Yichud in the kindergarten
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Question
My wife is an emotional therapist in a communication-focused kindergarten. She meets with parents, and sometimes when the woman does not come, she guides the father alone in a closed but unlocked room.
The room is inside the kindergarten and there are other Haredi female staff members there, but the kindergarten is locked, and there are no cameras inside the kindergarten, and her husband is in the city.
What is the halachic ruling?
And if there is a key with the security guard or the kindergarten secretary, would that be acceptable?
The room is inside the kindergarten and there are other Haredi female staff members there, but the kindergarten is locked, and there are no cameras inside the kindergarten, and her husband is in the city.
What is the halachic ruling?
And if there is a key with the security guard or the kindergarten secretary, would that be acceptable?
Answer
Shalom u-vracha
It is permitted for her to receive the man.
If you are Ashkenazim, it is sufficient that there be three women with the man, meaning your wife and two other women. But according to the custom of the Sephardim, there is no leniency even with many women.
Her husband being in the city permits the yichud.
From the perspective of a sense of modesty, it is proper to leave the door slightly open [this is not always possible, and sometimes the parent insists on closing it so as not to be overheard, and since this is not an essential requirement in halacha, it is permitted].
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