
A Detailed Explanation of Niddah, or “Family Purity” Laws
According to halakhah, or Jewish law, a woman becomes a niddah, a menstruating woman, if she is experiencing the full flow of her period, or any time she sees red blood emerging from her body or on white underwear that she is wearing, unless she has good reason to believe that the bleeding is not uterine in origin.
Niddah - Wikipedia
A niddah (alternative forms: nidda, nida, or nidah; Hebrew: נִדָּה nidá), in traditional Judaism, is a woman who has experienced a uterine discharge of blood (most commonly during menstruation), or a woman who has menstruated and not yet completed the associated requirement of immersion in a mikveh (ritual bath).
What Is Niddah? - Chabad.org
The period of niddah is a time, usually lasting twelve days to fourteen days, when Jewish law forbids conjugal relations. Niddah begins with the onset of menstruation and is completed with the woman’s immersion in a mikvah, a ritual pool of water.
The Niddah Status - Women’s Health and Halacha - Nishmat
2024年5月25日 · Only uterine bleeding can make a woman niddah. Though the most common cause of niddah is menstruation, niddah and menstruation are not synonymous. According to Torah law, bleeding only makes a woman niddah when it is uterine, one of a specific set of colors, and accompanied by an internal physical sensation called a hargashah.
Niddah - Sefaria
Niddah (“Woman who is Menstruating”) is a tractate in Seder Taharot (“Order of Purities”) that discusses the ritual impurity of a woman in her menstrual cycle or experiencing particular discharges and the accompanying prohibition of intercourse.
Niddah (Talmud) - Wikipedia
Niddah ( /ˈnɪd.ə/; Nid-ah; Hebrew: נִדָּה) is a masekhet or tractate of the Mishnah and the Talmud, and is part of the order of Tohorot. The content of the tractate primarily deals with the legal provisions related to Halakha of Niddah.
Female Purity (Niddah) - Jewish Women's Archive
Halakhic practice for Niddah, or female purity, is based on a harmonistic reading of Leviticus 12,15, 18, and 20. Taken from the Bible, the term niddah was transformed into a metaphorical expression for sin and impurity in general. During a woman’s period, any ritual objects she touches becomes impure, and those she comes into contact with ...
Niddah - Jewish Virtual Library
Niddah (Heb. נִדָּה “menstruating woman”; literally, “one who is excluded” or “expelled”) is the practice according to Jewish law where a man is forbidden to maintain sexual relations with his wife during and for some time both before and after (see below) her menses.
Why Some Jewish Women Go to the Mikveh Each Month
According to Jewish law, a woman is in a state of niddah (translated either as ritually impure or ritually unready) while she is menstruating, after childbirth or miscarriage and at any times of uterine bleeding. It is important to note that ritual purity is …
Babylonian Talmud: Niddah - Halakhah.com
The Tractate Niddah, which comes seventh in the Mishnah editions of the Order of Tohoroth, is placed first in the editions of the Talmud, since it is the only Tractate in this order which consists of Gemara as well as Mishnah.