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Taharas Hamishpacha

  • Birth, Mikvah, 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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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha

Hatoras Nedorim for changing Minhag of amount of Tevilos

  Question: When going to the mikvah, my wife has done 9 tevilos, for many years, she feels that this is too much for her and would like to do…

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  • Sleep, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • intimacy, או"ח ג

Is there a preferred direction of a bed according to Halacha?

  For a married couple, the bed should be placed in north-south, unless if it's not easily done.   Sources: שו"ע או"ח סימן ג סעיף ו, שוע"ר מהד"ק ט-י ובמהדו"ב…

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  • Taharas Hamishpacha, Uncategorized, Women
  • Machshavos Zaros, Tahara, women

What types of improper thoughts are prohibited for women?

  A woman should not indulge herself with matters which arouse erotic thoughts. From the verse “do not stray after your heart and after your eyes…” – we derive that…

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  • Taharas Hamishpacha
  • intimacy

Question about relations face to face

  Question: My wife and I are in the sixty's, she has spinal pain issues and it is difficult for her to lift legs when we are together. So I…

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  • Mikvah, Shiva Nekiyim, Taharas Hamishpacha

Bedika before Mikvah?

  Question: For any number of reasons, medical, covid and other, I was unable to go to the mikvah since December. I am able to go now. I did my…

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha

איזה הכנות למקווה ניתן לעשות יום לפני המקווה על מנת להוריד מהלחץ של יום הטבילה?

  מותר לקצוץ הצפרנים והשערות. שאר ההכנות צריכים להיות ביום של הטבילה.     #10611

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  • Shiva Nekiyim, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • white night gown, יו"ד קצו

How important is it to wear a white night gown?

  Question: I have a white night gown for Shiva Nekiyim. Since it is white it is somewhat see through. To get out of bed I must put on a…

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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha

My husbands birthday will be during Harchakos time. What am I allowed to do?

  You are allowed to prepare a special dinner for your husband. Of course regular Harchokos have to be kept such as having a heker, serving the food with a…

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  • Shiva Nekiyim, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • יו"ד קצו

Is it enough to wear a white skirt under a colored nightgown during Shiva Nekiyim?

  Yes.   Sources: ראה: רמ"א ביו"ד סי' קצ"ו ס"ג, סד"ט בסי' ק"צ ס"ק מ"ה, פותח שער סי' י"ח אות ב', שיעורי שבט הלוי סי' קצ"ו ס"ג ס"ק ג, טהרה…

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha

Shalom Bayis Advice

  Question: Dear Rabbi, My husband lately is very busy at work during my 2 weeks following mikvah. He is home and attentive mikvah night but most of the 2…

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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • יו"ד קצה

Eating from one cookie jar during Harchakos

  Question: Regarding not eating from the same dish while wife is Niddah, what are we supposed to do regarding a container with cookies (the cookies are placed directly into…

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  • Taharas Hamishpacha, Tznius
  • intimacy, shimras einayim

Is masturbating allowed for a woman?

  A woman should not indulge herself with actions which arouse erotic thoughts. On the verse "do not stray after your heart and after your eyes..." - we derive that…

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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • יו"ד קצה

Recliner During Harchakos

  Question: During Harchakos, are husband and wife allowed to recline on a 2 person couch that each seat reclines independently? Is it like laying on the same bed, or…

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  • - עברית, Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha

איזה סוג טיולים אסורים בימי טומאה?

  האם הליכה למלון ללילה כדי "לצאת קצת מחוץ לעיר" ולהסתובב בפארק קצת וכדומה מותרים? ואם אפשר לתת קצת יותר הגדרה לסוג טיולים האסורים והמותרים אהיה אסיר תודה.   תשובה:…

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  • Harchokos, Tznius
  • bittul Torah, pirkei avos, talking with women

Talking to women and one’s wife

Dear Rabbi, In Pirkei Avos (1:5) it says: ''Do not engage in excessive conversation with a woman. This is said even regarding one's own wife—how much more so regarding the…

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  • Calendar, Marriage, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • kallah teacher

I, as well as my chosson are devoted chassidim of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. There is a kallah teacher that I am very close to that is Chassidish (non-Lubavitch). She is willing to learn halachos al pi minhag chabad for the sake of my classes. Is it OK or advisable to take classes with this teacher given my closeness and comfort with her and her willingness to learn our minhagim?

  Mazal tov, may you build a Binyan Adei Ad. There is no problem learning with that kalla teacher, on the contrary - there is a great advantage in learning…

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  • Medical, Mikvah
  • coronavirus

Guidelines for going to the Mikvah

  https://asktherav.com/may-should-one-go-to-mikveh-if-they-are-in-quarantine/   Important Notice About Women's Mikvah - Timely Messages from Rabbi Braun Episode #25 -       The following are the guidelines for going to the mikvah…

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  • Calendar, Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • יו"ד קפד, יו"ד קפט, שוגג, שוכח

Missed a Onah Beinunis and Yom Onah

  Question: I just looked over my calendar and realized that I missed a onah beinunis and Yom onah on Yom Tov. We were away at relatives, so I wasn't…

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  • Medical, Mikvah
  • coronavirus

May/should one go to Mikveh if they are in quarantine? 

  Update (Rosh Chodesh Nissan): See here.   Women's Mikvah: A woman who is quarantine should not go to Mikvah. In addition, stay posted with the guidelines of your local…

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