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Shach Yoreh Deah 195:20 says that according to the Rambam, the only issur of negiah is when the negiah is with hana’a, or pleasure, but in medical care there is no pleasure involved so it would be muttar to treat a patient of the opposite gender.</ref> | Shach Yoreh Deah 195:20 says that according to the Rambam, the only issur of negiah is when the negiah is with hana’a, or pleasure, but in medical care there is no pleasure involved so it would be muttar to treat a patient of the opposite gender.</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])</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])</ref> | ||
# Mixed dancing is a terrible sin.<ref>Zichron Yosef OC 17</ref> | |||
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