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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha
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Can my wife hum while she is nidah in my presence?

  No.   Sources: כ״נ פשוט לפענ״ד שהעיקר שהוא קול אשה, ולא שנא אם הוא דרך הפה או האף. ויתירה מזו, דאיכא דמספק״ל אם אסור לשמוע קול זמר שלהן ע״י…

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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha
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Looking Pictures of one’s wife when she is Nidah

  Question: 1. While one's wife is Nidah, can he look at pictures of her from when she was younger, even if she isn't completely Tznius in them? 2. Additionally,…

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  • air plane

Is a Heker needed when a husband and wife eat in a car together when she is is a Niddah?

  What about on an airplane? or is that not considered eating together?   Answer: One should have a heker in a car. In the airplane when eating on separate…

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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha

I’m trying to understand the prohibition of eating from the same plate while wife is Nida…

  Question: Does the issur apply only when the couple are eating together or even when one has finished eating and does it apply even when one spouse leaves the…

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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha

Is it allowed to gift wife after giving birth or while she is Nida?

  There are various opinions on whether gifting one’s wife during her Niddah days is problematic or not. In practice, one should avoid doing so especially with presents of a…

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  • - עברית, Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha

בגד של הבן זוג בימי הרחקות

  שאלה: למדנו בשיעור שאם האישה נידה, אסור לה ללבוש לבוש של בעלה, גם אם אינו שייך העניין של ״כלי גבר״. א. האם הדבר כך גם שעל אף שהבגד הוא…

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • Shalom Bayis

A sensitive marital question

  Question: Dear Rav, My wife and I are both modern orthodox. We have been married nearly 10 years and have 2 young children. We both abstained from premarital sex,…

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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, Wedding
  • Harchakos in public

Wedding Dancing

  Question: I have noticed that at a lot of weddings during the dancing they lift the Choson on a table from the men's side, and then the Kallah on…

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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, 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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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • perfume

Am I allowed to have a special Nidah perfume?

  Setting aside a perfume just for the days of Nidah wouldn’t make it permissible. However if you wear a very small amount that doesn’t give off a strong smell…

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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • Niddah

When a couple is guests in another home, at what point does the bed designated for the wife, who is a Nida, become forbidden?

  Once she actually slept there.   מקורות: ראה שערי דעה לבעל שמן רוקח קצה, ד. וראה שערי טוהר טו, ד, ו. שיעורי שבה״ל נדה קצה, ה, ג-ד. בדה״ש קצה,…

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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha

Is it a Halacha or a Minhag to not show physical affection to one’s spouse in front of one’s children, such as a hug? What is the reason for it? How should one go about it if the spouse initiates it in front of the kids?

  The Halacha is that a spouse should not show act physical affection to the other spouse in public. If done in the presence of children who are not able…

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  • Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • instrument, Niddah

Can a women play a musical instrument for practicing or teaching in front of her husband when she is in a state of impurity?

Can a women play a musical instrument for practicing or teaching in front of her husband when she is Nida? If she is doing it to have him enjoy, it…

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  • Birth, Harchokos, Taharas Hamishpacha

What are the Halochos when a woman gives birth? How long do we stay separated? Does it start from when the mucus plug comes out? Difference between boy and girl. Am I allowed to help her if no one is around?

  When does the Nidda status begin?  If any of the following take place: Having steady 5 minutes apart contractions. Can't walk unaided. Seeing blood. Ready to push etc. Water…

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