Blogs: Niddah

a child born from a forbidden relationship where the punishment is Karet, with the exception of Niddah. - a child who has a parent who is a Mamzer. A child found in the market whose parentage is unknown, or the child of an unmarried ...

I was bothered by the idea of a woman being considered "impure" (in a state known as niddah) during those twelve days, and having so much time spelled out for her when she couldn't have sex. How sad, how patriarchal. ...

As seniors we even had a class called "Family Living," which went over the laws of niddah (ritual impurity) since we were expected to be married soon after graduation. As it was the first class of the day on Friday mornings, ...