mw13, nobody on this thread indicated they read Reb Moshe’s teshuva and disputes the “interpertation”. In fact there is nothing to “interpert”. Reb Moshe says shaking hands is assur. Who claims Reb Moshe says otherwise?
Reb Moshe also says being friends with a girl is not just assur, it is an issur d’orayso.
No one of stature disagrees with Rav Moshe. Check it out for yourself, and report back if – and who – you think disagrees.
But you have trouble believing that anyone actually paskened against R’ Moshe’s lukewarm teshuvah? Sheeesh. Do you R’ Moshe word is law for all Talmidey Chachamim who come after him? Do you know anything about Halacha? And you can’t possibly believe that SJS’s Rov couldn’t have permitted? Do you know the sugya of Lo Sikrevu? When what were how?
If you have learned the sugya – and say it’s not a possibility – well, I would disagree with you. Again, I don’t think it’s permitted, but I see it as a possibility. Some things are impossible. This is not. It is a gray area. Yes! Those exist! And just because nothing is published with a definete ruling to the opposite does not make it an impossiblity, if the Sugya w/Rishonim & Shulchan Aruch logically leave room for the possiblity!
And if you don’t, we can discuss it. A Rov, learned and competent, may indeed disagree with R’ Moshe – as R’ Moshe did with the greats before him! Sheesh.