Questions tagged [niddah]

Ritual impurity related to menstruation

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Do any movements forgo the seven clean days?

From what I understand the Torah only forbids a man from relations with his wife while she is on her period, until she goes to the Mikvah. The Rabbis decided to add the additional days as a stringency to make sure she is pure and the period is…
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If one keeps the deoraita nidah(7days) but not the additional 4-5 days, is there a punishment?

If one is careful and keeps the 7 deoraita days of nida but not the additional zav (chumra) days, is this a problem? Is there a punishment? (I understand this is not for everyone and especially those who are confused about the counting.) Thank you.
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Could having to add the extra 4-5 days to change the status of nidah to zaav and not allowing the original 7 day nida be like adding to a mitzva?

As I understand, the additional 4-5 days which are added as a humra in case the lady is a zaav is a barrier for protecting from miscalculating and being over nida. My question is whether this stringent enforcement is actually permissible considering…
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How must a woman dress in front of her husband during her days of niddah?

I have heard that during niddah a woman must follow the deoritah rules of tzinius but not necessarily the rabbinic ones. If this is the case then why, for example, is a tshirt fine when it goes above the elbows? Is there a general principle with…
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Freezing sperm for later insemination - absent wife question

Many men face the nisayon of desperately needing to release, but are unable while their wife is away or is a niddah. Wasting zera is undoubtedly assur - whether MidiOraysa or by gezeiras Rabbanan or for kabbalistic reasons. What if the husband did…