negiah

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Definition of negiah

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Jewish, uncountable)Physical contact between the sexes outside of marriage or familial relations.
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noun

  1. (Jewish, uncountable)Physical contact between the sexes outside of marriage or familial relations.
  2. (Jewish, uncountable)The prohibition against this.
    “If I see a young man and woman out on a date in the US, would I not assume that even if they were makpid on kashrut, they might not be as makpid on negia? Or even on pre-marital sex? After all, that is exceedingly common in the US today, and it's even made inroads among ostensibly Orthodox Jews.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew נְגִיעָה (“touch”).

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