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#It is forbidden to affectionately touch individuals of the opposite gender.<ref>Rambam Issurei Biah 21:1 </ref> | #It is forbidden to affectionately touch individuals of the opposite gender.<ref>Rambam Issurei Biah 21:1 </ref> | ||
#It is forbidden for one to initiate a handshake with the opposite gender. | #It is forbidden for one to initiate a handshake with the opposite gender.<ref>Shemot Raba Bo 16, Shaarei Teshuvah 3/80 , Sefer Chassidim 1090, Od Yosef Chaiy Shoftim pg. 151, Sdei Chemed 3 Mareches 100 Klal 7, Mareches Chasan Vekallah 12 and 26, Makor Chesed on Sefer Chassidim ibid in name of Rav Meir Arik from fact he only allows if the hand is covered, Igros Moshe O.C. 1/113, E.H. 1/56 and 4/32-9, Mishneh Halachos 6/223, Otzer Haposkim 20/3-1, Yalkut Yosef Even Haezer 21/21, Nitei Gavriel 52/1, Az Nidbaru 2/73</ref> | ||
#It is still forbidden to initiate a handshake with the opposite gender if one is wearing gloves. | #It is still forbidden to initiate a handshake with the opposite gender if one is wearing gloves.<ref>Sefer Chassidim 1090, Od Yosef Chay Shoftim pg. 151</ref> | ||
#Some poskim hold that it is permitted to shake a woman's hand in a professional context if she extends her hand first. However, other poskim forbid doing so.<ref>Rav Moshe Feinstein in Igrot Moshe EH 1:56 writes that some rabbis who permit shaking a woman's hand if she extends hers he would understand that it was based on the concept of that it wasn't derech chiba. However, he writes that he thinks that it is a weak argument to rely on.</ref> | #Some poskim hold that it is permitted to shake a woman's hand in a professional context if she extends her hand first. However, other poskim forbid doing so.<ref>Rav Moshe Feinstein in Igrot Moshe EH 1:56 writes that some rabbis who permit shaking a woman's hand if she extends hers he would understand that it was based on the concept of that it wasn't derech chiba. However, he writes that he thinks that it is a weak argument to rely on.</ref> | ||
#Ideally, one should try to see a doctor of the same gender.<ref>Nishmas Avraham Yoreh Deah 195</ref> However, it is permitted to see a doctor of the opposite gender if there is no other option.<ref>Rav Moshe Feinstein, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (as quoted by [http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/814211/rabbi-mordechai-torczyner/dental-halachah-treating-patients-of-the-opposite-gender/ Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner]) | #Ideally, one should try to see a doctor of the same gender.<ref>Nishmas Avraham Yoreh Deah 195</ref> However, it is permitted to see a doctor of the opposite gender if there is no other option.<ref>Rav Moshe Feinstein, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (as quoted by [http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/814211/rabbi-mordechai-torczyner/dental-halachah-treating-patients-of-the-opposite-gender/ Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner]) | ||
