Babysitting Different Genders: When Should Parents Rethink It #rabbiorlofsky

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Hi, this is David Eliavsky with a question and answer series wherein we try to give some short answers to complicated questions. And in general, I don't answer halachic questions. I answer hashkafic questions. I used to write for a website where I would answer hashkafic questions. And there was another rabbi who would answer halachic questions. And one time a girl sent in a halachic question and he wrote to the moderator, "I think this is really for Rabbi Eliavsky because this is more of a hashkafic question." And I wrote back, "Tell me what the halacha is and I'll explain to you why." >> [laughter] >> So this is really a halachic question, but I'm going to take a stab at it. How does it work with babysitting different genders? My oldest is a 9-year-old boy and he has expressed discomfort with having high school girls coming to babysit. At what age should we consider a different arrangement and

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1. 0:00Hi, this is David Eliavsky with a question and answer series wherein we try to give…
2. 0:30really for Rabbi Eliavsky because this is more of a hashkafic question." And I wrote back,…
3. 1:02what would that look like? So the Gemara says that the law of yichud of a…
4. 1:35uh several other people, if you leave the door open, there are different heterim. That's already…
5. 2:05work with the kashrus questions. And that's why every now and then someone calls me up…
6. 2:37some money. But kids today, and I'm generalizing, uh don't need money as much. Their parents…
7. 3:07school boy or something like that, that of course would be ideal. If not, then you…

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