72 hours, unless weaned due to sickness or there is a state of sakana even if weaned when healthy. שו״ע יו״ד פא, ז: תִינוֹק יוֹנֵק עַד סוֹף ד' שָׁנִים…
72 hours, unless weaned due to sickness or there is a state of sakana even if weaned when healthy. שו״ע יו״ד פא, ז: תִינוֹק יוֹנֵק עַד סוֹף ד' שָׁנִים…
Is it necessary for a mother who wakes during the night but does not get out of bed to wash Negel Vasser before touching her child? Please see…
A nursing mother with a young baby may wake up multiple times during the night to feed her baby. Must she wash Negel Vasser (the alternating right/left-hand ritual washing upon waking)…
Question: In his Sefer on laws of Nidda - "Darchei Taharah", Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu ZTL addresses the question of ערווה. He writes in…
If while nursing a mother touches directly with her hand a place which is usually covered (very common), she is required to wash her hands before learning, Davening, saying…
Yes, it is correct. Sources: See Rema (Yoreh Deah 81:7) & Shach 81:25 & Taz 81:12. See for example Igros Kodesh vol. 1 pg. 238 (non-kosher food that…
Yes, where possible. Sources: יוסיפון יא. צוואת ריה״ח נה. שיירי כנה״ג יו״ד קעט, בהגה״ט ל. שבעים תמרים סט. כה״ח או״ח של, נז. שם יו״ד קטז, קמט. שו״ת בא״מ ח,…
Usually after nursing it is very likely a mother will have touched a part of her body that requires Netilas Yadayim. However, if the mother was careful not to touch…
Expressing Mother’s Milk on Shabbos A nursing mother may feed her baby in the usual manner on Shabbos. This sometimes entails expressing some milk directly into a newborn’s mouth,…
