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# Someone who is uncomfortable because of onlookers that are uncomfortable with the view of the Torah and halacha should muster the strength to proudly observe halacha even in the presence of scoffers. It isn't considered a violation of kavod habriyot if a modern senstivity doesn't jive with the halacha.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 2:77 writes that [[harchakot]] are to be observed even if would make the couple feel uncomfortable that others know that she is a niddah. It isn't objectively anything private; rather it is an observance of the halacha. However, see [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/876990/rabbi-mordechai-i-willig/niddah-shiur-123-passing-things-leniencies-putting-things-in-pocketbook-and-passing-babies/ Rav Mordechai Willig] who felt that nowadays it is possible to consider a breach of kavod habriyot for certain woman who are very bothered for someone else to know whether or not they are a niddah.</ref> | # Someone who is uncomfortable because of onlookers that are uncomfortable with the view of the Torah and halacha should muster the strength to proudly observe halacha even in the presence of scoffers. It isn't considered a violation of kavod habriyot if a modern senstivity doesn't jive with the halacha.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 2:77 writes that [[harchakot]] are to be observed even if would make the couple feel uncomfortable that others know that she is a niddah. It isn't objectively anything private; rather it is an observance of the halacha. However, see [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/876990/rabbi-mordechai-i-willig/niddah-shiur-123-passing-things-leniencies-putting-things-in-pocketbook-and-passing-babies/ Rav Mordechai Willig] who felt that nowadays it is possible to consider a breach of kavod habriyot for certain woman who are very bothered for someone else to know whether or not they are a niddah.</ref> | ||
# If a woman sticks out her hand to shake it some say that the factor of kavod habriyot does not play a role since it is a Biblical question and also it isn't clear that it is considered a breach of kavod habriyot inform someone that something is against their religion.<ref>Mishneh Halachot 6:223</ref> | # If a woman sticks out her hand to shake it some say that the factor of kavod habriyot does not play a role since it is a Biblical question and also it isn't clear that it is considered a breach of kavod habriyot inform someone that something is against their religion.<ref>Mishneh Halachot 6:223. [https://www.tehillim-center.co.il/article/2963 Rav Ovadia Yosef] is reported to publicly have not shaken Golda Meir's hand when she outstretched it to award him the Israel Prize in 1970 for writing the Yabia Omer.</ref> | ||
==Partnership Minyanim== | ==Partnership Minyanim== | ||
#Partnership minyanim that allow women to get aliyot for [[kriyat hatorah]] based on the claim that it is kavod habriyot to give them equal aliyot is mistaken and against the halacha.<ref>Rabbi Aryeh and Dov Frimer in Tradition 46:4 pp. 67-238, Rav Hershel Schachter (responsa entitled "Partnership Minyanim"), [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/876990/rabbi-mordechai-i-willig/niddah-shiur-123-passing-things-leniencies-putting-things-in-pocketbook-and-passing-babies/ Rav Mordechai Willig]. There are many reasons why this practice is invalid as are pointed out in the above articles. Specifically regarding kavod habriyot Rabbi Aryeh and Dov Frimer (pp. 110-116) outline 11 reasons why kavod habriyot do not apply to this question of women aliyot.</ref> | #Partnership minyanim that allow women to get aliyot for [[kriyat hatorah]] based on the claim that it is kavod habriyot to give them equal aliyot is mistaken and against the halacha.<ref>Rabbi Aryeh and Dov Frimer in Tradition 46:4 pp. 67-238, Rav Hershel Schachter (responsa entitled "Partnership Minyanim"), [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/876990/rabbi-mordechai-i-willig/niddah-shiur-123-passing-things-leniencies-putting-things-in-pocketbook-and-passing-babies/ Rav Mordechai Willig]. There are many reasons why this practice is invalid as are pointed out in the above articles. Specifically regarding kavod habriyot Rabbi Aryeh and Dov Frimer (pp. 110-116) outline 11 reasons why kavod habriyot do not apply to this question of women aliyot.</ref> | ||
