Igros Moshe (O.C. 4:35) Concerning the issue of mixed dancing of men and women, it is clearly prohibited even if the woman are not Nida and surely is prohibited if they are Nida And they don’t refrain from dancing with married women. It is not relevant to permit mixed dancing with the claim that if you don’t permit it in the social hall they will go to the regular dance halls where they will be dancing with non-Jews.
Question - do societal changes impact on halachic decision making?
ReplyDeleteThe reverse question was asked of Rav Yaakov. And Lubavitcher rebbe -
ReplyDeleteIs it better to marry a non Jew, where niddah doesn't apply doraita, rather than with a non observant Jew, where it's issur karet.
They both said it is still preferable to marry a Jew. Even though the issur of intermarriage is a lav at worst and not kareis.
Although Rav Henkin has a teshuvah on mixed dancing and he distinguishes between classical dancing - the kind that has rules, specific moves and patterns - and modern dancing. He's not so sure that classical dancing, especially if it's each man with his wife and only his wife, is so forbidden since (a) the man is only interacting with his wife and (b) they aren't so much dancing as performing a series of choreographed moves.
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ReplyDeletehttps://seforimblog.com/2006/03/purim-mixed-dancing-and-kill-joys/
ReplyDeleteRabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin in his Beni Banim vol. 1 no. 37 (5), links the two statements of R. Minz. R. Henkin says, just as R. Minz permitted cross-dressing as it was done for the joy of Purim, he permitted the mixed dancing under the same rational. That is, the dancing was just an outgrowth of the joy and not for licentious purposes.
Not accepted!
Good argument though. Mixed dancing is largely d'rabbonan, cross dressing d'oraita.
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