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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.<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 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><ref>Od Yosef Chaiy Shoftim pg. 151, Igros Moshe O.C. 1/113 explain that a handshake is inherently considered affectionate.</ref> | ||
#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> | #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 someone of the opposite gender'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 someone of the opposite gender'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> | ||
