Q: Is there a problem of yichud when one goes on a date?

A: Absolutely there is a problem of yichud. And you have to know how to work it. Constantly these things come up and they’re nichshal in the issur of yichud if not something else.

So therefore you have to know how to make a date. The best way to make a date is to take a walk on Ocean Parkway. If you don’t want the yeshivah people to see you so walk down near Brighton.

Or go to Penn Station or Grand Central Station and sit on a bench there and you can talk if you wish. It doesn’t cost any money either except for the carfare.

I used to give that advice to boys in the yeshivah. Go to Grand Central Station, sit down on the bench. It just costs carfare.

Or use the subway. There’s no yichud on the subway.

Unless you’re afraid to go on the subway.

(Toras Avigdor – April 1986)