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Halakhic sources
Note: Not meant as a definitive ruling. Some observances may be rabbinical, or customs, or Torah based.
Texts in Jewish law relating to this article:
Bible:Leviticus 18:6
Babylonian Talmud:Kiddushin 80b and Sandedrin 21
Shulchan Aruch:Even HaEzer 22 and 24
Isur Yichud (Hebrew: איסור ייחוד‎, trans. Prohibition of Seclusion) in Jewish Law is the prohibition of seclusion between a man and a woman, who are not married to each other, in a closed room or a private area. This prohibition is to prevent the two from coming to promiscuity.

Source of the law

There is a Biblical prohibition against a man being alone with a married woman or a woman who is a Niddah. After the rape of King David's daughter Tamar when she was left alone with a her half-brother Amnon, David and his high court extended this prohibition to all unmarried girls.[1]

These rules are discussed in the Talmud, Tractate Kiddushin 80b ff and Tractate Sanhedrin 21.

Laws of Yichud

There is no prohibition against close family members or a married couple being alone together. However, siblings of opposite sexes should not live together on a permanent basis.

Yichud is also part of the Ashkenazic Jewish wedding ceremony. The newly married couple publicly seclude themselves in a closed room for several minutes.

References

1. ^ Shulkhan Arukh Even HaEzer 22,2

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