Married Jews can't shake hands of opposite sex? What the hell? (women)

[HyperionGap]

Originally Posted by Hannibal Flavius

People walk up to me on the streets, total strangers and say,'' Dude, lift your head up.''


I am always looking at the ground but I am such a hypocrite, because when I watch TV, I know where my eyes go.

I am like a walking sack of guilt all the time, afraid to look up.

I am like a walking contradiction, in public, I wont look, but if I am alone, I look.

How sad is that?

Sucks to be me sometime.

I feel like you might want to talk to a therapist/psychiatric professional. You seem pretty depressed.

[Hannibal Flavius]

Originally Posted by HyperionGap

I feel like you might want to talk to a therapist/psychiatric professional. You seem pretty depressed.

Already did that, and they assured me that I was like 5 kinds of crazy.

I do get depressed at times, but I usually snap out of it.


If there was something to be done, I would do it, but there is nothing, there is no medication I can take, and there is no talking me down.

You can't fix crazy, you really can't.

[Ericthebean]

Originally Posted by RegalSin

Seriously this is making my brain fall out.........

I just got over the

Jewlery bit
Roman lion bit
Hitler bit
911 2001 bit

I have made my peace...................( Research Jew Wario ).

and now I am told this. I even heard about the

Women are being forced into a specific kind of life
Women are being told to sit in the back of the buscar ( any moving vehicle )
Women are being offered tons of money for marriage

I have gotten over that bit. I could careless but now I see the truth..

They are being nice to us so they can carry on this way?

Not shaking hands is the smallest human interaction. However this is only when they are married. Again married both men and women can not shake hands of opposite sex. The thing is I am associated with an bunch of women and stuff and learning this makes my brain fall out.

I mean seriously WHAT IS THIS NOW? I can only get an spirtual/mental high five from an married woman and vice versa . Speaking of which my next argument would be that they are putting their culture over our way of life. Telling us that is it okay to be non-heterosexual and not own property.glgl

There's no ritual in Judaism that I am aware of, as a Jew, that forbids shaking hands with anyone, married or not. Like in any other faith, the idea is to exercise judgment. If married, you would not want to spend the night with exclusively someone else of the opposite sex unless it's for some job-related project, educational function, networking activity for a good cause, an old longtime no see friend, or else your wife and you have discussed it beforehand or have established together that it's customary among the both of you to do this to each other and both agree to it. This is common sense.

Shaking hands sounds pretty normal to me.

[hiker45]

Originally Posted by Ericthebean

There's no ritual in Judaism that I am aware of, as a Jew, that forbids shaking hands with anyone, married or not.

Shaking hands sounds pretty normal to me.

Originally Posted by theflipflop

I'm one of those Jews who never touches a member of the opposite sex (besides my wife, daughters and mother).

I guess this confirms the old adage - If you have two Jews, you have three opinions.

[Alt Thinker]

Originally Posted by hiker45

I guess this confirms the old adage - If you have two Jews, you have three opinions.

Four if one of them is a rabbi.

[hiker45]

Originally Posted by Alt Thinker

Four if one of them is a rabbi.

This reminds me of another one I heard - If you have four Irish Catholics, you will find a fifth.

[Richard1965]

Originally Posted by Alt Thinker

The wai is part of the intricate social order in Thailand. How one performs wai depends on the relative place in society of the individuals (superior/inferior/equal and shades in between) and the immediate circumstances. Since that society does not exist outside of Thailand or Thai communities elsewhere, the wai is irrelevant. Doing the improper wai can be insulting (hands too low for the circumstances), sarcastic (hands obviously too high. e.g., to make fun of a too proud person). But it can also lead to anger or shame if just plain wrong. As in most oriental cultures, place is very important. But trying to import the complex rules and subtleties into a different culture is obviously impractical. So no wai with westerners.

I was in Bangkok once and got an extended lesson over drinks.

I think it's politically incorrect to use the term oriental, I think it is Asian now...

[Pruzhany]

Originally Posted by ABQConvict

Thais in America shake hands, at least with Westerners. I'm not saying that to be confrontational, just an observation.

Just not with the left hands.

[Alt Thinker]

Originally Posted by Pruzhany

Just not with the left hands.

And in various cultures one keeps the left hand below the table while eating.

[theflipflop]

Originally Posted by hiker45

I guess this confirms the old adage - If you have two Jews, you have three opinions.

Perhaps. But there's only one Torah. And only one correct "opinion." And I assure its not coming from the poster who said he's never even heard of the concept.