[Avodah] Yichud and fostering

[Zev Sero]

Dov Kay wrote:

> She asked her Rav for a hetter, who said he could not find one but 
> encouraged her to ask someone else.  She eventually contacted a dayan in 
> London who permitted the boy to live with our friend for a month until a 
> permanent foster family could be found.
> 
> I cried tears of joy when I heard this p'sak, but it still puzzles me. 
> Can anyone explain how the dayan might have reached his conclusion?  I 
> am not aware that anyone else has a key to the lady's apartment.

Sounds like a case of "eis laasos", and of someone with "breite pleitzes".

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