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Negiah

Negiah (Hebrew: נגיעה), literally "touch", is the concept in Jewish law (Halakha) that forbids or restricts sensual physical contact with a member of the opposite sex except for one's spouse and certain close relatives to whom one is presumed not to have sexual attraction. A person who abides by this halakha is colloquially described as a shomer negiah…

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Which touch is forbidden?

Shulchan AruchJonah of GeronaAharon LichtensteinYehudah HenkinMoshe Feinstein
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Biblical prohibition and subsequent exegesis

LeviticusMenstruationSifraRishonimMaimonides
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In popular culture

The Shabbos GoyF the Prom
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Which individuals does the law apply to?

NiddahEliezer WaldenbergHayim David HaLeviMenachem Mendel Schneerson
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Babylonian Talmud:
Sabbath 13a
Mishneh Torah:
Kedushah (Holiness), Issurei Biah (forbidden sexual relations), 21:1–7
Shulchan Aruch:
Even HaEzer 20–21
Torah:
Leviticus 18:6

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Biblical prohibition and subsequent exegesis

Which individuals does the law apply to?

Which touch is forbidden?

In popular culture

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Negiah

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Triples41
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
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Negiah

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related to Biblical prohibition and subsequent exegesis · 12
Negiah → Although, Any, Based, God, However Nachmanides, Leviticus, Maimonides, Rishonim, Semag, The, The Sifra, You
related to In popular culture · 11
Negiah → American, Brendan Calton, Efraim, Hannah Levy, In, Jewish, Prom, She, Strings, The, The Shabbos Goy
related to Which individuals does the law apply to? · 7
Negiah → During, Opinions, Other, R' Eliezer Waldenberg, R' Hayim David HaLevi, R' Menachem Mendel Schneerson, The
related to Which touch is forbidden? · 5
Negiah → Gerona, Jonah, Maimonides, Shulchan Aruch, They
Babylonian Talmud: · 1
Negiah → Sabbath 13a
Mishneh Torah: · 1
Negiah → Kedushah (Holiness), Issurei Biah (forbidden sexual relations), 21:1–7
Shulchan Aruch: · 1
Negiah → Even HaEzer 20–21
Torah: · 1
Negiah → Leviticus 18:6
related to Other meanings of negiah · 1
Negiah → In Jewish

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contact touch sexual forbidden laws hands law even one prohibition handshake man woman opposite sex orthodox jewish close shaking women

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NegiahBabylonian Talmud:Sabbath 13a1.00infobox
NegiahMishneh Torah:Kedushah (Holiness), Issurei Biah (forbidden sexual relations), 21:1–71.00infobox
NegiahShulchan Aruch:Even HaEzer 20–211.00infobox
NegiahTorah:Leviticus 18:61.00infobox
hairdressers may touch members of the opposite sex in the course of their professional practice.Shaking handsWhether halacha permits a man to shake a woman's handinstance ofmedical practitioners and other professionals0.80text
Negiahrelated to Biblical prohibition and subsequent exegesisThe0.60section
Negiahrelated to Biblical prohibition and subsequent exegesisLeviticus0.60section
Negiahrelated to Biblical prohibition and subsequent exegesisAny0.60section
Negiahrelated to Biblical prohibition and subsequent exegesisGod0.60section
Negiahrelated to Biblical prohibition and subsequent exegesisYou0.60section
Negiahrelated to Biblical prohibition and subsequent exegesisAlthough0.60section
Negiahrelated to Biblical prohibition and subsequent exegesisThe Sifra0.60section

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