Halacha Mastery: Nida (For Men) 5783

We will be following the order of the Shulchan Aruch, beginning with definitions of basic technical terms regarding the various causes of uterine bleeding.

Hebrew sources are available through the links in both WORD format and pdf. In class we will translate and explain these sources.

Topic: Hargasha (the status of nidda min ha-Torah requires feeling the onset of bleeding).

Topic: Prisha (separation when the onset of nidda is expected)

Audio glitch: I forgot to turn my microphone on for the first 20 seconds of class.

At 20 seconds, I turn it on and begin again.

Today אי”ה we will finish the topic of Prisha and begin Veset.

Sources for Veset are available through the links in both pdf and in WORD format.

Today I hope to conclude the topic of Veset.

Then we will turn to the leniencies pertaining to travelling. The night before departing for a trip away from home and leaving the spouse at home, certain rabbinic prohibitions can be lifted.

Sources are available through the links.

After dealing with the leniencies and obligations of a husband who leaves his wife for a trip, we will turn to the question of a woman who becomes nidda in the midst of marital intercourse.

Sources are available through the links.

How to perform an internal examination.

רואה מחמת תשמיש

A woman whose period begins during intercourse.

The rules for stains (כתמים) found on clothing or sheets.

We have already studied the rules for the color of blood.

Now we turn to the size of stain and underlying material on which it is found.

This week we will finish discussing the material on which a blood stain might be found.

Then we will introduce the next topic: The Preparation of Brides for their Wedding.

Sources are available through the links.

Today we will complete our survey of the rules governing brides.

Our next topic will deal with virgins who marry and hymenal bleeding.

Sources are available as usual through the links.

Our next topic is יולדת, the special halachot pertaining to a woman after childbirth.

Since childbirth involves bleeding, special attention must be given to the status of that bleeding.

As usual, sources are available through the links.

In this, our final topic for the year, we will deal with חציצה.

Since the mikve water must come in contact will all surfaces of the body, חציצה (i.e., anything that interposes between the body and the water) invalidates the immersion.

As usual, sources are available through the links.