Family Purity and Modesty

Question 1

What does bushah mean?

Answer 1

Sense of shame and impropriety

Question 2

What is family purity in hebrew?

Answer 2

Taharat ha-mishpachah

Question 3

How many days is the husband forbidden to approach the wife after her period?

Answer 3

Torah: during the time of her menses

Rabbinical: another 7 days after the end of her menses (known as the “seven clean days”)

Question 4

What does niddah mean?

Answer 4

the menstruant

Question 5

What does the wife do after the end of the seven clean days?

Answer 5

Immerse herself in the mikvah and recite a special blessing

Question 6

What does the mikvah symbolize?

Answer 6

Affirmation of life and purity

Question 7

What are the requirements for the mikvah?

Answer 7

Gathering of natural water, such as a well or lake or rain-water (not a pool or bath artificially accumulated by such means of plumbing).

Question 8

What happens if the bride is a menstraunt on the wedding night?

Answer 8

Te wedding ceremony must be modified somewhat, but it will not be apparent to the guests.

The seclusion of bride and groom after the ceremony (yichud) is omitted, or it may even be held, but with another person present. This wedding ceremony is called chuppat niddah.