Family purity laws
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Family purity laws are a set of Jewish religious regulations governing marital intimacy and ritual purity, particularly around menstruation and immersion in a mikveh.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish religious law
→
halakhic concept → religious purity law → |
| aimsTo |
maintain ritual purity in the family
→
sanctify marital relations → |
| appliesTo |
Jewish couples
→
married Jewish women → |
| associatedConcept |
laws of niddah
→
mikveh → tumah and taharah → |
| categoryWithinHalakha |
laws of family life
→
laws of purity and impurity → |
| codifiedBy |
Rabbi Yosef Karo
→
|
| codifiedIn |
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 183–200 (and related simanim)
→
|
| concerns |
menstruation
→
ritual purity → |
| developedIn |
Talmud
→
|
| furtherElaboratedIn |
Shulchan Aruch
→
Yoreh Deah → |
| hasHebrewName |
taharat hamishpacha
→
|
| hasReligiousSignificance |
concept of holiness in family life
→
|
| hasSocialImpact |
patterns of physical contact in marriage
→
|
| historicalOrigin |
ancient Israelite purity system
→
|
| includesPractice |
bedikah (internal checking)
→
hefsek taharah (preliminary check ending bleeding) → nighttime immersion → seven clean days → |
| includesProhibition |
certain forms of physical affection during niddah
→
sexual intercourse during niddah → |
| interpretedBy |
later halakhic authorities (poskim)
→
|
| involves |
immersion in a mikveh
→
status of niddah → |
| languageOfTerm |
Hebrew
→
|
| legalCategory |
issur ve-heter (prohibitions and permissions)
→
|
| observanceRequires |
access to a mikveh
→
|
| observanceVariesBy |
Jewish denomination
→
local custom (minhag) → |
| observedBy |
Orthodox Judaism
→
many Conservative Jews to varying degrees → |
| regulates |
marital intimacy
→
sexual relations between husband and wife → |
| religiousTradition |
Judaism
→
|
| requires |
abstinence during niddah
→
counting of clean days → separation of beds during niddah in many observant communities → use of a kosher mikveh → |
| requiresIntention |
mitzvah observance
→
|
| sourceText |
Leviticus
→
Torah → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Rabbinic Judaism
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practiceFeature |