<div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">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.</span>
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<div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:torahmike@gmail.com" target="_blank">torahmike@gmail.com</a></b>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> 2. In general, is not seeing pictures of women a ya'harog ve'lo ya'vor?<br> 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?
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<div>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.
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<div>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.
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<div>KT,</div>
<div>Michael</div>
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