[Avodah] Mitzvah Haba'a BeAveira

[Kayza Zajac]

On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 09:06 -0700, avodah-request at lists.aishdas.org
wrote:
> 
> So the question then is, if she of her own free will decides to hug
> him, is there a certain level of emotional need of his that justifies
> this act, the same way, for example, a man can reciprocate a woman's
> handshake (after she's already extended her hand) to avoid shaming
> her?

I asked Shmuel (my husband) and he said that she is actually forbidden to hug the man who is dying to hug her.

-- Kayza