Yichud
Overview
The prohibition of yichud ' onMouseout='HidePop("39362")' href="/topics/Translation">trans.
Seclusion), in Halakha
(Jewish
religious law
) is the impermissibility of seclusion
of a man and a woman who are not married to each other in a private area.
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
Seclusion), in Halakha
Halakha
Halakha — also transliterated Halocho , or Halacha — is the collective body of Jewish law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions.Judaism classically draws no distinction in its laws between religious and ostensibly non-religious life; Jewish...
(Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
religious law
Religious law
In some religions, law can be thought of as the ordering principle of reality; knowledge as revealed by a God defining and governing all human affairs. Law, in the religious sense, also includes codes of ethics and morality which are upheld and required by the God...
) is the impermissibility of seclusion
Seclusion
The act of secluding, i.e. shutting out or keeping apart from society, or the state of being secluded, or a place that facilitates it . A person, a couple, or a larger group may go to a secluded place for privacy, or because the place is quiet...
of a man and a woman who are not married to each other in a private area.
