Seclusion in separate units

Yichud

Question

There are three separate rental units, which are all behind one outside door. This outside door is locked by a combination lock. What’s the halacha when in one of the units lives a woman whose husband is out of town, and in another unit lives a man?

Answer

This is indeed considered a forbidden seclusion. What should be done is this. You should make the main door openable from the outside. For example, you could give the code to the door to one of the neighbors, and have him actually open this door once in a while.

Source

See Shulchan Oruch, section Even Ha-Ezer, ch. 22

Comments

Have an additional question on this topic or need clarification? Leave your comment below. (Please note that the comment will not be published but will be sent directly to the answering Rabbi for review and a private response)

Please sign up or log in to submit your comment

Become our partners in supporting and spreading the Torah. Help us answer more questions faster and better.