[Avodah] Habituation

[Zev Sero]

Samuel Svarc wrote:

> What is there to justify? Did R' Acha make a brocha while in front of
> an ervah or some such? No. So what 'issur' is left to discuss? The
> discussion is if that contact will lead to 'hirur' and thereby be
> 'assur'. Chazal seemed to have trusted R' Acha that there was no
> 'hirur'. I personally wouldn't trust anyone alive today if he made
> such a statement or I would at least check to see if he was a eunuch.

There are quite a few men who are alive today, anatomically complete,
and not especially tzadikim, but who could do as R Acha did without
hirhur avera.  (They might not be able to do the same with the chosson.)

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