Reply To: Walking behind a woman

The Tzitz Eliezer and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach agree (they discussed this issue in correspondence) that the expression “paga ba bashuk” implies that this was a rare occurance in Chazal’s time. They thus learn that today one may be lenient if necessary. IMHO, in most large and mid-sized cities today one is anoos to do so, at least in business districts.