Question: Recently an audio clip started making its rounds where someone quotes Rabbonim as saying that the covid vaccine has been causing issues for women with spotting and not…
Question: Recently an audio clip started making its rounds where someone quotes Rabbonim as saying that the covid vaccine has been causing issues for women with spotting and not…
שאלה: מה הדין בחתן שמסופק אם גמר ביאתו, האם יש לחוש לדם בתולים?
ואבהיר שאלתי: כידוע, הבית יוסף מביא דעת הראב״ד שהובא בהגהות מיימוניות, שבוגרת בתולה אחרי ביאה ראשונה טהורה אם לא נמצא דם, וכתב עליו שכולם חלקו עליו. אבל הרמ״א צירף…
Question: I did a hefsekmoch with a cloth that was wetter than normal because I was in a rush and didn't spend much time squeezing out excess water. I…
Question: Is the Chabad custom of women going to a bor al gabei bor mikveh a hiddur or a minhag or something else? Where I live right now, the…
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…
שאלה בדיני הרחקות: בגד או נעלי בית המיוחד לשניהם
שאלה: למדנו בשיעור שאם האישה נידה, אסור לה ללבוש לבוש של בעלה, גם אם אינו שייך העניין של ״כלי גבר״. האם הדבר כך גם שעל אף שהבגד הוא של…
Wouldn't some sort of hair net that contained the hair without interfering with the water make much more sense? Answer: Please note that AskTheRav receives many questions from…
Question: Rav Braun, I am writing to ask if you can please clarify the issue of tub bathing and swimming on an Onas Prisha - both Onah Beinonis and…
Yes, one should not nurse immediately after relations. One should wait 48 minutes. However, if the baby is crying, 24 or 18 minutes would suffice. Sources: ראה זהר…
Does the Halacha of returning to the mikvah after seeing a goy or non-kosher animal apply only to a live person or animal or to even a picture on…
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' ז. #9640
It applies to the entire vagina, i.e. vulva, the lip, labia, clitoris, but not to the surrounding pubic area. פשוט. וראה עזר מקודש אה״ע כה, א. וכן מובן…
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…
Answer: No. The bedikos should be repeated. Nonetheless, it is recommended to ask personal question from a Rav in each situation. Sources: ראה שו"ע אדה"ז סימן קפד סק"ו…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
מותר לקצוץ הצפרנים והשערות. שאר ההכנות צריכים להיות ביום של הטבילה. #10611
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…
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…
No need to be concerned for veses hachodesh. Ona beinonis should be kept, of course, on day 29. Sources: בב״ח סי׳ קפט, טו מחדש שאפשר לקבוע וסת לר״ח.…
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…
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…
