Is it permitted to show physical affection for one's spouse in public?
The Rema [Even Ha-ezer 21/5] forbids it. It is significant however that nobody forbade it before him and the source he bases himself upon [the Nimukei Yosef] doesn't say it is "halacha" but "derech eretz".
But the Rema paskens this prohibition.
In the Shu"t Bnei Bonim [R' Yehuda Henkin simman 12] the author permits holding hands on the street עיי"ש.
In the Charedi world it is not considered acceptable at all. Elsewhere, they are not as strict....
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Note: In private, physical affection between spouses is desideratum. ויש להאריך ואין כאן מקומו]
Note: In private, physical affection between spouses is desideratum. ויש להאריך ואין כאן מקומו]
