Niddah Flashcards
What is the literal definition of נדה
One who is excluded, one who is expelled.
We use it to mean menstruating woman.
Traditionally, what are the three areas of obligation for a Jewish woman?
Mikveh, Challah, Kindling the Shabbat lights.
Traditionally, when is sex forbidden?
From when a woman feels her menses start (sages : she sees a stain on her clothes) until seven clean or white days. A minimum of five days is set for the menses.
Why do we say that Niddah starts with hargasha, a feeling that blood left the body?
B/c even if we don’t see blood, perhaps a little passed and was lost.
According to Torah, can an woman become Nidda without Hargasha, a feeling that blood left the body?
No
If a woman finds a stain but does not feel the blood leave the body (kesem aval lo hargasha) is she nidda?
D’Orita = no
D’Rabananan=yes
What are three descriptions of hargashah (w/regards to Niddah)
a) body trembling associated w/onset of menstrual flow
b) actual feeling of the opening of the uterus
c) sensation of an internal flow.
W/Regards to Nidda, what is a Kesem? Give definition and 5 criteria
A stain found upon a woman’s garment or where she was sitting.
1) Larger than the size of a bean called a gris
2) Stain must be on a white, not colored object
3) Object where the stain occurs must be susecptible to tumah
4) Stain can not be attributed to another source.
W/REgards to Niddah, Kesem applies to all women except who?
When does it not apply to the person named above?
All women except women under twelve years old.
Except if the girl had three separate blood flows, then she is considered an adult.
W/Regards to Niddah, what is a teliyah?
Attributing a stain, a kesem to another source. Classical examples are a woman passing through a meat slaughtering market, a woman stain substances, or a woman with a bleeding wound (ie hemorrhoids)
After her last day of Niddah, when should a woman ideally go to the Mikveh?
At the first possible moment. Ie, at night time right after the end of her seven clean days.
According to conservative Judaism when is Niddah?
According to traditional sources, when is Niddah?
7 days after the first day of your period.
7 days after your period stops. and the minimum amount you wait for your period is 5 days. So 12 days minimum.
What is Hefsek tahara?
A woman becomes niddah from the moment that blood exits the uterus and enters the vaginal canal, even before it leaves her body. Therefore, in order to confirm that all uterine bleeding has ceased, she must do an internal examination, or bedikah. This examination is called a hefsek taharah, which literally means that she has stopped bleeding and can begin the process of exiting the niddah status
