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Question
Can one go to one of these Chinese places that give massages on chairs, where you keep your clothes on, and she only massages your neck and back? Absolutely no sexual activity occurs, it’s just a back massage by a woman.
Answer
If for medical purposes – yes, if for pleasure – no. (Shulchan Aruch EH 21; 5)
urologists
Rabbi David Sperling | Tishrei 26, 5781
Massage for men by women
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 30 Tishrei 5766
Massage
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | 29 Nisan 5763
