Re: OFF: What's Negiya

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

Off-topic-wise, wouldn't frigid cold--in Buffalo, Minneapolis, Fargo, N.D., 
or (yeccch) Boston--maybe justify--rigidly halakhically, mind you--some 
relaxation of lo negiyah?  I mean, you need to keep warm ...

Uh, hopefully ...

Robert Cohen



>
>What has no relevance in Buffalo? Negiya? Ignorance? Apologies?
>
>I don't know about the first, but based on my one frostbite-ridden
>evening Buffalo, I can't help but think that the latter two definitely
>do.
>
>I'd tell about my one and so far only trip to Buffalo but it's so far
>off-topic that you'd all kill me. (And it's not a good enough story to
>justify the excursion off-topic.)
>
>George (Clueless in Buffalo) Robinson
>
>
>Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky wrote:
> >
> > I am sorry that I forgot to define it.  I forgot to do that.  Please 
>don't apologize for your ignorance.  It has no relevance in Buffalo :).
> >
> > Negiya refers to rules and regulations of men and women touching each 
>other when they are not married or are in public.
> >
> > Reyzl
> >
> > ----------
> > From:  Peter Rushefsky [SMTP:rushefsky_p (at) univerahealthcare(dot)org]
> > Sent:  Friday, February 23, 2001 5:20 PM
> > To:  World music from a Jewish slant
> > Subject:  What's Negiya
> >
> > Sorry for my ignorance, but what's negiya mean?  Is it the same as the 
>Kol Isha
> > issue?

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