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Family Purity טהרת המשפחה

1Family Purityא - טהרת המשפחה
  1. 1.Nidda and Zava
  2. 2.The Concept of Purity and Impurity
  3. 3.The Consequences of Adam’s Sin
  4. 4.Renewing Love and Internalizing the Values of Marriage
  5. 5.Impure and Pure Blood, and Stains (Ketamim)
  6. 6.Nidda, Zava, and the Enactments of Rabbi
  7. 7.The Custom of the Daughters of Israel
  8. 8.The Meaning of the Rabbinic Safeguards
  9. 9.The Mitzva of Ona and an Inner Reason for the Safeguards
  10. 10.The Joy of Ona and Caution Regarding Stringencies
  11. 11.The Meaning of Immersion
  12. 12.The Meaning of Water
  13. 13.Purity in the Temple and After the Destruction
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2Blood and Stainsב - דם וכתם
  1. 1.Impure and Pure Blood
  2. 2.The Difficulty of Distinguishing
  3. 3.Between the Impure and Pure Colors
  4. 4.Blood and Stains
  5. 5.What Is a Sensation (Hargasha)?
  6. 6.Defining the Sensation in Practice
  7. 7.The Size of a Forbidden Stain
  8. 8.A Stain on a Colored Garment
  9. 9.A Stain on Something Not Susceptible to Impurity
  10. 10.Doubt Whether the Blood Came from the Womb
  11. 11.The Law of an Internal Examination and Wiping After Using the Toilet
  12. 12.Doubt Whether She Felt the Onset of Her Period
  13. 13.Blood from a Wound
  14. 14.Wounds in the Uterus
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3Prohibitions of Distancingג - איסורי הרחקה
  1. 1.The Parameters of the Prohibitions of Intimacy
  2. 2.Conduct During the Days of Prohibition
  3. 3.Looking and Singing
  4. 4.Safeguards Regarding Sleeping
  5. 5.Eating Together
  6. 6.Pouring Alcohol and Matters of Affection
  7. 7.Handing Objects from Hand to Hand
  8. 8.During Illness
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4The Seven Clean Daysד - שבעה נקיים
  1. 1.The Hefsek Tahara
  2. 2.Preparations for the Hefsek Tahara
  3. 3.How the Examination Is Performed
  4. 4.Mokh Dakhuk After the Hefsek Tahara
  5. 5.The Law of a Woman Who Discharges Semen
  6. 6.The Approach of Rema and the Stringent Customs
  7. 7.May One Change the Custom?
  8. 8.The Seven Clean Days and Their Examinations
  9. 9.Wearing White
  10. 10.Awareness of Counting the Seven Clean Days
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5Immersion for Purificationה - טבילת טהרה
  1. 1.The Purification of Immersion
  2. 2.Intervening Substances (Ḥatzitzot)
  3. 3.Hidden Areas and Folds of the Body
  4. 4.Preparations for Immersion – The Enactment of Ezra
  5. 5.The Manner of Immersion
  6. 6.The Berakha on Immersion
  7. 7.Customs of Washing and Immersion
  8. 8.The Balanit
  9. 9.The Time of Immersion
  10. 10.The Mitzva to Become Pure Promptly
  11. 11.Laws of Immersion on Shabbat
  12. 12.Makeup, Nail Polish, and Jewelry
  13. 13.Nails and Things Attached to the Body
  14. 14.Scabs, Bandages, and Casts
  15. 15.Hidden Places – Teeth and Ears
  16. 16.Hair
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6Separation and Vestot (Expected Periods)ו - פרישה ווסתות
  1. 1.The Presumption of Purity
  2. 2.The Mitzva of Separation at the Time of the Expected Period
  3. 3.The Laws of Separation
  4. 4.The Length of the Time of Separation
  5. 5.Separation for a Non-Fixed Veset
  6. 6.Separation for a Fixed Veset
  7. 7.The Bodily Veset (Veset Ha-guf)
  8. 8.Some Laws of Vestot
  9. 9.One Who Sets Out on a Journey
  10. 10.Pregnant and Nursing Women – Mesulakot Damim
  11. 11.The Law for a Woman Taking Hormonal Pills
  12. 12.An Older Woman
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7Asking a Rabbi and Medical Examinationsז - שאלת חכם ובדיקה רפואית
  1. 1.The Woman’s Responsibility and Asking a Rabbi
  2. 2.The Rabbi and How to Ask Him
  3. 3.Suitable Lighting for Viewing Discharges
  4. 4.Changes in a Discharge and Their Law
  5. 5.One Who Asks Two Rabbis the Same Question
  6. 6.Guidance and Recommendations for Choosing a Doctor
  7. 7.Purity After Medical Examinations and Treatments
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8The Brideח - כלה
  1. 1.The Bride’s Preparations
  2. 2.Taking Care to Avoid a Ḥuppat Nidda
  3. 3.Examinations for a Virgin
  4. 4.Purification from Dam Ḥimud
  5. 5.A Spiritual Reason for Not Meeting During the Week Before the Wedding
  6. 6.Teshuva Before the Wedding
  7. 7.The Custom of Fasting on the Wedding Day
  8. 8.Be’ilat Mitzva
  9. 9.Virginity in the Past and Today
  10. 10.Dam Betulim and Its Impurity
  11. 11.The Bride’s Purification After Dam Betulim
  12. 12.Removal of the Hymen by a Medical Procedure
  13. 13.When the Prohibition of Yiḥud Applies
  14. 14.Postponing the Be’ilat Mitzva
  15. 15.Be’ilat Mitzva on Shabbat
  16. 16.Examinations After the Wedding
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9The Yoledet (A Woman After Childbirth)ט - יולדת
  1. 1.A Pregnant Woman
  2. 2.Medical Matters
  3. 3.From When the Woman Giving Birth Becomes Impure
  4. 4.Questions Before Birth
  5. 5.The Husband’s Help to His Wife in Labor
  6. 6.The Time of Birth
  7. 7.Giving Birth on Shabbat
  8. 8.The Impurity of the Yoledet and Her Purification
  9. 9.The Meaning of the Impurity of Childbirth
  10. 10.After a Miscarriage
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10Mikva’otי - מקוואות
  1. 1.Purification Through Water
  2. 2.Pure Water in the Ground
  3. 3.The Required Volume of Mikveh Water – Forty Se’ah
  4. 4.Between a Spring and a Mikveh
  5. 5.Sea and River
  6. 6.A Mikveh Invalidated by Seepage
  7. 7.The Invalidation of Drawn Water
  8. 8.Invalidations of Formation by Human Action and Through Impurity
  9. 9.Zeri’a and Hashaka
  10. 10.Mikva’ot in Our Times
  11. 11.A Mikveh from Melted Ice and Snow
  12. 12.The Law of Water Flowing Through Pipes to Homes
  13. 13.The Renewal of Purity in Israel
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