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Laws of Physical Contact - Rabbi Ashkenazi Answers

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Rabbi Yaron Ashkenazi explains the reason for observing the laws of physical contact.

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What is the reason we need to observe the laws of physical contact? The relationship between a couple is a deep connection. Everyone is searching [music] for inner love, for a deep connection, for a true friend for life. Everyone is looking for something [music] beyond the physical relationship, but the Holy One, blessed be He, gave us the tool that actually [music] allows us to create this deep connection. If we keep this tool in holiness and purity, that is, we only use it at the time when we need to create that deep genuine connection, then we use the tool and we build for

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