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* Lastly, [http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/The%20Yichud%20Prohibition%20-%20Part%202.htm Rabbi Jachter] quotes Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (cited in Techumin 10:311), Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, and Rav Mordechai Willig ruling that it is permitted for a man to travel alone in a car with a woman unless one is driving in a very remote area or at a time when there are very few cars on the road. Nitai Gavriel (Yichud 44:1) rules that one roads where cars continue to pass by and the roads are well lit, there's no Yichud, however, on small streets where not very many cars travel it's forbidden. </ref> | * Lastly, [http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/The%20Yichud%20Prohibition%20-%20Part%202.htm Rabbi Jachter] quotes Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (cited in Techumin 10:311), Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, and Rav Mordechai Willig ruling that it is permitted for a man to travel alone in a car with a woman unless one is driving in a very remote area or at a time when there are very few cars on the road. Nitai Gavriel (Yichud 44:1) rules that one roads where cars continue to pass by and the roads are well lit, there's no Yichud, however, on small streets where not very many cars travel it's forbidden. </ref> | ||
==Elevator== | ==Elevator== | ||
# It is permissible for a man to enter an elevator in | # It is permissible for a man to enter an elevator in with a woman because the time in travel is usually very short. <ref>[http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/The%20Yichud%20Prohibition%20-%20Part%202.htm Rabbi Jachter] quoting Teshuvot Igrot Moshe E.H. 4:65:16, Teshuvot Tzitz Eliezer 6:40:22, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Teshuvot Minchat Shlomo 1:91:22</ref>However, some say that it is only permitted if the elevator has a travel time of less than 3 minutes. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Chinuch pg 389) </ref> | ||
==Different rooms== | ==Different rooms== | ||
# Many authorities hold that one man may not be in the same house as a woman even if they are in different rooms. <ref>Sh"t Igrot Moshe 4:65:19. [ | # Many authorities hold that one man may not be in the same house as a woman even if they are in different rooms. <ref>Sh"t Igrot Moshe 4:65:19. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/762691/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_Does_Closing_the_Door_Help_Save_Yichud_Problems Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz] explains that even though Rav Moshe is strict there are some are opinions who are lenient but does not give a final ruling. See also Salmat Chaim 151, Chazon Ish 34:1-2, Shaar HaTzion 239:27, Chachmat Adam 126:7, Divrei Malkiel 4:22, Tzitz Eliezer 6:40 (chap 7:10). </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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