Meaning of negiah | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Physical contact between the sexes outside of marriage or familial relations.
   Jewish, uncountable
2. The prohibition against this.
   Jewish, uncountable

Examples

“If I see a young man and woman out on a date in the US, would I not assume that even if they were makpid on kashrut, they might not be as makpid on negia? Or even on pre-marital sex? After all, that is exceedingly common in the US today, and it's even made inroads among ostensibly Orthodox Jews.”

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