In this edition of Current Jewish Questions, Rabbi Yuter addresses the topic of what has become popularly known as “Shomer Negiah,” guarding against physical contact between men and women.
Current Jewish Questions – Shomer Negiah – Kiruv Bassar Sources (PDF) (Updated 10/2013)
Current Jewish Questions – Shomer Negiah – Kiruv Bassar
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Regarding your discussion around 41 minutes in, I remember a line in one of the [major?] prophets that says something like, “The l-rd has created something new; a woman courts a man,” which seems to indicate an initiative on the woman’s part.
It’s in Jeremiah 31.