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==Car== | ==Car== | ||
# According to Sephardim, a man and woman may not drive together in a car on a road that's not heavily traveled especially at night. However, if there's three men and three women on the bus it's permissible. However, if some of the men and women leave and one woman is alone on the bus with male driver the woman must get off the bus unless there is a danger to get off. However, if there's a car on that road every 3 minutes it's permissible. <ref>Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Ishut EH Siman 22:9</ref> | # According to Sephardim, a man and woman may not drive together in a car on a road that's not heavily traveled especially at night. However, if there's three men and three women on the bus it's permissible. However, if some of the men and women leave and one woman is alone on the bus with male driver the woman must get off the bus unless there is a danger to get off. However, if there's a car on that road every 3 minutes it's permissible. <ref>Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Ishut EH Siman 22:9</ref> | ||
# According to Ashkenazi, some say that it is not proper for a man and woman to travel alone in a car, while many others say that it is only forbidden to travel alone on small streets, where there only a few cars on the road.<ref> | |||
* Rav Moshe in Sh”t Igrot Moshe EH 4:65(3) writes that initially it is not proper for a man and woman to travel alone because of a concern that they may stop in a deserted area and do something inappropriate. However, in a case of pressing need such as if a woman in the community needs to go to the same place he’s traveling and if he refuses he’ll be considered selfish, one may rely on those who hold that there’s no concern that they will stop in a deserted area. | |||
* However, Rav Shlomo Zalman in Minchat Shlomo 1:91(21) writes that sometimes there's room to be lenient to rely on the fact that the car has windows which are visible to the public and that there's no concern that they may stop in a deserted place. (See there for more details). Additionally, Rav Vosner in Shevet HaLevi 5:202(1) writes that regarding the nighttime concern, there's room to be lenient since the person driving can't fall asleep, however, he adds that since sometimes intercity highways or even local streets become deserted at night one should be strict. | |||
* 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 which there is a woman if the elevator has a travel time of less than 3 minutes. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Chinuch pg 389) </ref> | # It is permissible for a man to enter an elevator in which there is a woman if the elevator has a travel time of less than 3 minutes. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Chinuch pg 389) </ref> | ||
