I Wanna Hold Your Hand...

[onionsoupmix]

The Chazon Ish, one of the last generation's gedolei hador, apparently held that shaking a woman's hand was a yehareg v'al yaavor.  From here, f.n.14

In other words, a man should choose death rather than shake my hand. People take this seriously, see here, comments 25 & 26.

But BTs are not going to be told that. They will be told that this custom

Comments

[fayge1111]

I managed to avoid the shaidim for the 15 years I lived alone and didn't leave on a night light but I guess I'm damned on the hand-shaking issue.

[onionsoupmix]

Either God will get you or the devil will :)

[sethg_prime]

I thought the Chazon Ish was notoriously machmir, except among those communities who consider most other gedolim of his generation to be notoriously meikel.

[hamaskil]

I don't think rabbi Leff solution would help. I often see sheydim at night, especially if I sleep alone after a few mashkeh mixed with some pitriyos and besomim. I've once left the light on, but these nasty sheydim came and turned it off. What could I do ??? :)

[fetteredwolf]

Lay off the pitriyos. The besomim shadim are friendly.

[hamaskil]

Should try that this motzaei shabbes. To increase kedushah, I will be combining borei meorei aish and borei minei besomim together and see what's going to happen. After all, pitriyos are not that holy, since they require a combination of "shehakol" and "asher yatzar".

[onionsoupmix]

stop smoking crack!

[hamaskil]

I don't think you should be surprised. Most kiruvniks would tell you that it is OK to lie and/or withhold information in order to make somebody religious.

[ruchel]

Yes, I believe you that some hold that way, at least in theory, but even in practice.

But many hold and do differently, including charedim, including rabbanim.

As for Rabbi Leff, the Matitiahu rabbi? I thought he was more "modern". Not modern Orthodox, more like modern charedi.