#niddah

[feygaleh]

but do niddah laws apply to lesbian couples 🤨

[ask-jumblr]

Wondering if you could through this to your followers: people who keep niddah and find meaningful, what do you find meaningful about it?

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[wenevergotusedtoegypt]

TMI- What exactly is the reason for niddah? I understand women's status is 'less' holy during that time but why? Based on my personal experience (as someone who struggles with PMS) , I feel the least mentally stable days before my period yet at that particular time , I am considered 'pure'.

I’ve addressed this previously so I’m gonna link you to a couple of posts, but I did want to make a few notes about some of your underlying assumptions here as well.

First: This is NOT TMI! It's Torah. It's holy. It's not even a personal question.

Second: A woman is neither less holy nor impure nor dirty during niddah. It also has nothing to do with her mental stability (and a person who is less mentally stable is not a less holy person by virtue of their mental state).

See here first for more

Then here

And let me know if you have any follow up questions. :)

[dafyomilimerick]

Niddah 18

Nine frogs (all are dead), and a toad Were lying about in the road. Reuven touched one, but which? He's still pure; but we switch If this happened inside his abode.

[parshapoem]

Metzora

This is the teaching of the leper the teaching of afflicted skin this is the teaching of illness.

This is the teaching of the impure man the ill man the bleeding woman.

This is the teaching of ill women. Learn from this.

[nmajh-lgbt]

A broadcast journalism major, who asked to remain anonymous, found comfort in Hamsa, her Jewish LGBTQ group at the University of Maryland. Once she came out, her relationship with Orthodoxy only deepened, she said. Opening up about her queer identity encouraged her to let both her Jewish flag and rainbow flag fly high.   'I never used to practice niddah (a ritual observed by Jewish women during menstruation),' she said. 'But once I came out as gay, I became comfortable enough to enter the mikveh and truly know that I’m b’tzelem Elohim (created in the image of G-d).'

“'Refusing to Choose' Forum Highlights Orthodox LGBTQ Activists” New Voices, By Michele Amira, February 2, 2017

[ask-jumblr]

FOR: i’m a prospective convert, looking for reform (but open to others) i am curious as to how the more “liberal” jewish circles view niddah, and whether or not all physical contact is forbidden b/t man and wife. (to my knowledge the torah only states intercourse - but i may be wrong)

Mod here. More “liberal” is pretty vague. I’ll open this post anyone else who thinks they might fit within the term “liberal,” but would ask that respondents specify within. Explaining you or your community’s relationship with Torah law and halacha may also help anon understand how communities come to a variety of practices.

I’m expecting responses from this post to respondents from Reform/Liberal, Conservative/Masorti Olami, and Reconstructionist/Reconstructing communities, but expect that the term may also encompass some Open Orthodox and Left-Wing Modern Orthodox community members, as well as some members of Sephardic, Bukharian, and other extra-denominational communities who personally identify as having liberal practices.

Much thanks! (Todah rabah!)  !תּוֹדָה רַבָּה

[ask-jumblr]

I’m an unmarried AFAB Queer Femflux Jewish person, so would I be considered niddah when I’m menstruating?

Mod here. I’m restricting this question to FORs for which niddah is relevant. Respondents may consider discussing whether and how niddah is relevant for someone who is not married, and/or directing anon to more detailed resources. It may also be helpful to include a FOR with your information and advice.

Much thanks! (Todah rabah!)  !תּוֹדָה רַבָּה