[Avodah] rights of adopted parents

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

> For example,  there are debates about yichud and how to call the son to
the Torah

There's not much debate about yichud -- almost everyone says it's forbidden.
Certainly in Chabad there's no debate at all; the Rebbe paskened that it's
forbidden, and that's that. >>

Saying that almost everyone says it forbidden is an exaggeration.

Rav Moshe Feinstein (*Teshuvot Igrot Moshe *E.H.4:64:2), Rav Eliezer
Waldenburg (*Teshuvot Tzitz Eliezer*6:40:21), and Rav Chaim David
Halevi (*Teshuvot
Asei Lecha Rav *3:39) all rule that adoptive parents are permitted to
engage in Yichud with their adopted children since the Yetzer Hara is not
interested in such situations.  Rav Ovadia Yosef (see *Yalkut Yosef*,
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch p.975) is essentially lenient about this issue,
though he believes that it is preferable to adopt a girl so that the wife
who is home most of the time can shield her husband from Yichud.

http://koltorah.org/ravj/The%20Yichud%20Prohibition%20-%20Part%201.htm

The article does bring other poskim including the LR who were strict.
Rav Jachter's conclusion is: Obviously, anyone to whom this issue is
relevant should consult his Rav for a ruling.

-- 
Eli Turkel
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