[Avodah] [Areivim] Tal law

[Michael Kopinsky]

Carried over from Areivim, where there was a discussion about dirty pictures
in army recruitment offices, and the impact that would make on the chiyuv to
serve in the army.

On 7/29/07, torahmike at gmail.com <torahmike at gmail.com> wrote:

>          2. In general, is not seeing pictures of women a ya'harog ve'lo
> ya'vor?
>          3. If the answer to 2 is 'Yes,' then how do you explain the
> parsha of Yefas To'ar, which to me implies that going into battle will
> sometimes cause you to see attractive women?


According to almost all poskim the issur is only to look, not to see.  The
Pri Megadim (I think), quoted by the MB in Hilchos Krias Sh'ma, says that
places that are generally covered are even assur b'r'iyah b'alma, but from
my cursory research, it seems that most poskim don't say that.

And that's even assuming that the Nashei Yefas Toar were immodestly dressed,
which I'm not at all sure of.  It could just be that they were just
good-looking.  In that case, only looking for the sake of getting pleasure
is forbidden.

KT,
Michael
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