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Birth

  • Non-Jewish Activities, Pregnancy
  • Miscarriage, segulah

Is wearing a ruby stone a legitimate Segula for not miscarrying?

  Such a segula is mentioned in Seforim. However, there are many conditions mentioned. Among them, the stone must be it's natural size not cut and tempered with, it should…

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  • Pru U'rvu, Spending Ma'aser
  • Infertility, יו"ד רמט

Can Ma’aser be put towards fertility treatments?

  Question: I know ma'aser isn't supposed to be used for mandatory mitzvos, of which pru u'rvu is one. Is there leniency for ma'aser to be put towards fertility treatments?…

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  • Birth
  • birth on shabbos

Traveling over a bridge to go to/from a hospital on Yom Tov

  Question: B"h my wife is due around yom tov. Her doctor is based out of a hospital in Staten Island. Can we go there from Crown Heights on Shabbos/Yom…

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  • Birth, Shabbos
  • birth on shabbos

Halachos of Birth on Shabbos

  This post has been compiled from all questions on this topic we have received and answered over the years, thus it includes all the information from all other posts…

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  • Birth, Pregnancy
  • gender, ultrasound

Is there an ענין not to find out the gender of a child in the womb?

  Question: I am pregnant and have had to do an ultrasound as per Dr. request. In such cases, should I ask the technician specifically not to tell me the…

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  • Pregnancy, Refuah, Shabbos
  • taking medicine on shabbos, מאכל בריאים

May a woman take pre-natal pills on Shabbos?

  It's a health supplement for those pregnant or hoping to conceive   Answer: Yes. Nonetheless, it is better to take before Shabbos and after Shabbos. Alternatively, it can be…

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  • Pregnancy
  • Aron Kodesh, Pesicha

Is there a custom for a man to do Pesicha when his wife is expecting?

  This is inaccurate. See here at length.     #21456 (1)

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  • Birth, Medical
  • epidural

Is there any halachic preference between a natural birth versus using an epidural?

  (i.e. for someone who has BH until now had smooth natural births but still has fear of the pain in childbirth)   Answer: There is no halachic objection to…

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  • Pregnancy, Tzavoas Reb Yehuda HaChossid
  • Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, stillborn

May a mother hold, kiss, gaze at, or take a picture of her stillborn?

  None of the above should be done. While looking momentarily is not a problem, one should not gaze intently at the deceased. Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid writes that parents should…

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  • Pregnancy, Tahara for a Kohen
  • cemetery

האם מותר לאשת כהן מעוברת לכנס לבית הקברות?

  מותר.   מקורות: רוקח הלכות אבלות סימן שטו מצד ס״ס. מגן אברהם או"ח סי' שמג סק״ב. ש״ך יו״ד שעא, א. שו"ת הרדב"ז, ח"א סי' ר. נתיב חיים על המג"א…

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  • Alternative Medicine, Avodah Zarah, Birth
  • Hypnobirthing, hypnosis

Is there anything halachically wrong with Hypnobirthing?

  Question: Is there anything halachically wrong with hypnosis? Specifically doing it to yourself with audio guides. There are classes that teach women to hypnotize themselves to reduce pain in…

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  • Birth, Mourning (Aveilus), Pregnancy
  • Miscarriage

Can I mourn my unborn baby?

  Question: When it comes to the laws of a נפל, the halacha is that there is no אבילות, and the custom is that the parents have no involvement in…

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  • Birth, Kashrus

Is the human placenta Kosher?

  Question: Hi, I am Chabad, and I have a birthing class, and it came up few times in the class about women eating their placenta after birth. Some eat…

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  • Birth, Fasting, Pregnancy, Yom Kippur
  • fasting on yom kippur, nursing mother fasting, pregnant women fasting, shiurim on yom kippur, yom kippur

How do I eat and drink on Yom Kippur with Shiurim?

  If one is required to eat on Yom Kippur due to medical reasons, a Rov should be consulted in advance to receive specific dispensation from fasting. However, in case…

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  • Birth
  • Mazel Tov, placenta, מנהג נשים, מעשה רב

Is there any Inyan in waiting for the Placenta to come out before wishing Mazel Tov and sharing the news of the birth of a baby?

  Some people have such a custom, though there is nothing wrong with wishing Mazal Tov immediately after birth.   Sources: נזכר כמנהג הנשים בדא״ג בשו״ת ישועות מלכו יו״ד סוס׳ מה.…

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  • Birth
  • delivery room, labor

Can the husband be in the delivery room, especially if there is no doula present?

  Question: I am a doctor. I have seen from personal experience that people get better care if they are not alone in the hospital. Especially sometimes if the woman…

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  • Calendar, Pregnancy, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • pregnancy, יו"ד קפד

Does a pregnant women need to keep the Veses Haflagah?

  Yes, all vestos that fall out in the first three months (90 days) of pregnancy must be kept.   שו"ע יו"ד סי' קפ"ד סעי' ט.     #9640

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  • Pregnancy
  • cutting nails

Can a pregnant woman go into a nail salon which most likely has nails on the floor?

  You can ask them to sweep the area that you plan to step on so that there are no possible remnants of nails, and then that will remove all…

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  • Birth, Mikvah (Women), Pregnancy
  • Infertility, segulah

Segulah of going to Mikvah during pregnancy

  Question: My wife is beginning her ninth month, her family has the minhag to toivel in the ninth month. I also have heard that toiveling afterward is a segula…

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  • Birth
  • Shir Lamaalos card

Is there any specific Inyan of using the Shir Lamaalos cards sold in the stores or is the Ikar the words and the surrounding art can be made custom?

  I am not aware of any concept/directive of using specifically the standard Shir Lamaalos card (painted by Raphael Abecassis in 5747). It appears that the main thing indeed is…

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