Question: Is there a yichud problem for a man and woman to be alone on an elevator? Answer: In the olden days, elevators had operators who were often males, and many shailos were asked if it was permitted for women…
Question: Reuven wants to go into his office on a Sunday to catch up on some work. He knows that the only other person there will be a female employee. To get around the problem of yichud, he plans on…
Question: Is an employer permitted to take a female employee on his private jet to attend a business meeting? Answer: I actually had this shailoh asked to me in the past. A male employer was flying on his private plane…
Question: It is tax season, and some accountants are staying late in the office. By 7:30pm, everyone has left except one man and one woman. Knowing this could be a problem of yichud, they suggest that one of them lock…
Question: A man is driving up on his own to the mountains and is requested to give a woman a ride. Is this a yichud problem? Answer: Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach says that this would be a problem at times…
Question: Reuven the electrician has a job in someone’s house where only the wife is home and the husband is out-of-town. As we discussed previously, the heter of Ba’alah b’ihr does not apply. However, Reuven’s wife is in town so…
Rabbi Yosef Jacobovits Question: Reuven is an electrician who is doing work in someone’s house. While he is working, only the wife is home, and the husband is at work in his office in the same town. Is this a…
Rabbi Yosef Jacobovits Question: There is a leniency in hilchos yichud known as “Ba’alah b’ihr,” which means that if the woman’s husband is in town there is no concern of yichud. Does this apply when an employee is alone with…
Rabbi Yosef Jacobovits Question: If a Jewish female therapist has a non-Jewish male client, is she permitted to treat him in his house if they are the only two people there? Answer: We have established that there is a prohibition…
Rabbi Yosef Jacobovits Question: How serious is the prohibition of yichud between a Jewish man and non-Jewish woman? Answer: Generally, when a Jewish man is secluded with a non-Jewish woman, the prohibition of yichud is a d’rabanan; however, if the…