Should it not occur as anticipated, marital relations can resume. Taharat hamishpacha refresher for women w michal zahtz past sessions tuesday, march 5, 2019 28 adar i 5779 8. Many women treasure the experience of immersion in the mikveh, and eagerly anticipate the monthly renewal of the marriage relationship. She should establish calendar for tracking her cycles. The book was written by tehilla abramov, who is a widely acknowledged israeli expert on the topic. The secret of jewish femininity is a guide to the traditional orthodox interpretation of taharat hamishpacha family puritythe jewish laws that govern marital relations. Plans for center city mikvah move forward jewish exponent. A woman young or old, single or married, even one who is pregnant or nursing, who sees even the slightest drop of blood, or perceives it and.
In addition to allowing computer and smartphone users the ability to access their calendars on the go, the website is now available in english. My mikvah calendar is a revolutionary new way to help keep a family purity taharat hamishpacha calendar according to chabad lubavitch custom. Positive feelings here are something to celebrate, and feelings of hurt or anger are things to reach out about. Once her bleeding has ceased, she must count seven clean days before going to a mikvah to cleanse herself of the ritual. You shall not come near a woman, while she is impure by her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness lev. It allows users to update their calendars, view their upcoming. Tameh is the word for impure, and anything tameh has a spirit of unholiness within it. Venue kehilat avodat hashem 17105 jewel ave fresh meadows, ny 165 united states. As it is only a minhag not to listen to music in the sefirah, if a person is depressed due to the corona virus, it is permitted for him or her to listen to recorded music. Family purity taharat hamishpacha video practical parshah metzora. This mikvah will primarily be a womens mikvah, which helps families observe the laws of family purity, known as taharat hamishpacha. The following is a short overview of the laws of family purity taharat hamishpacha and does not cover many crucial topics that an observant jewish couple needs to know to keep these laws properly. Printable calendar 2019 for israel pdf time and date.
Register for an account and enter the date and time your menstrual flow begins, confirm your hefsek taharah when it is done and let my mikvah calendar calculate your countdown to mikvah. What digital items do customers buy after viewing this item. However, all mitzvot of torah, if conflicted with loss of life or even a risk of life, the life overrides the mitzvah, for instance if a person is going to risk his life if he would not eat nonkosher food, he must eat and live. Please click the link to add and edit the names of anyone in. The booklet includes a daily calendar with the sunset times included allowing hundreds of households to calculate the counting and appropriate timings in a clear, convenient, efficient manner. In marital law, immersion of the wife in a mikvah is a vital component. Thus, it is through todays scrupulous observance of the laws of family purity that the children of israel merit to have the divine presence dwell in their homes 8. A woman anticipates her menses on certain days based on her previous menstrual pattern. You can also watch our complimentary video tutorial to learn how to keep a mikvah calendar. Questions may be asked anonymously and confidentially in three ways. The challenge of taharat hamishpacha womens health and.
Taharat hamishpacha is commonly translated as family purity. My mikvah calendar will calculate your times of separation and send you reminders of these upcoming times in the method of your choice. When keeping taharat hamishpacha is hard sunday, october 29, 2017 9 cheshvan 5778 8. But technology isnt for all eventualities, sadly, and the advice of a trusted rabbi is essential sometimes and so embarrassing. Nili taharat hamishpacha refresher course for women wednesday, march 22. The practice of niddah, which is also known as taharat hamishpacha, or family purity is based on laws outlined in the torah, beginning in leviticus 15. Mikvahthe word evokes a relaxing, spiritual, beautiful image in your mind, for some, it unfortunately evokes a negative, degrading image of how women are treated as dirty, impure, or unclean in orthodox judaism.
Yom hachodesh the day of the month the haflagah the interval between periods onah beinonit the thirtieth day veset kavua a regular period established over at least three cycles veset haguf specific physical symptoms keeping a calendar vesatot are based on the hebrew calendar. Once her bleeding has ceased, she must count seven clean days before going. My mikvah calendar was developed in collaboration with the worlds leading rabbis in the field of family purity taharat hamishpacha and is continually advanced with their guidance. Rabbi mendel kaplan is the spiritual leader and executive director of chabad flamingo in thornhill, ontario, serving one of canadas most dynamic jewish communities.
The article says it took the author of the website over four years to develop the algorithm for the calendar which, according to my understanding of taharat hamishpacha, would be record time. The laws of family purity schedule periods of abstinence into the life of a. Mikvahthe word evokes a relaxing, spiritual, beautiful image in your mind, for some, it unfortunately evokes a negative, degrading image of how women are treated as dirty, impure, or. Add holidays or your own events, print using yearly, monthly, weekly and daily templates. He also serves as chaplain of the york regional police service. Jewish tradition teaches that there are three partners in a marriage. Why some jewish women go to the mikveh each month my. The laws observed among orthodox jews regulating coital activity according to menstrual cycle phase the laws of taharat hamishpacha, in a population that generally does not use contraception, have potentially important effects on fertility. Taharat hamishpacha is the purity of the family, the purity of a nation. Unfortunately, although the laws of taharat hamishpach serve to. A revolutionary way to help keep a family purity taharat hamishpacha calendar according to chabad lubavitch custom.
A textual analysis of the biblical origins for the laws of family purity and mikveh. Kallah companion is a comprehensive online curriculum in taharat hamishpacha designed especially for brides. Family purity taharat hamishpacha practical parshah. Husbands and wives separate the night before menstruation is anticipated. Taharat hamishpacha 11 shiurim orach chaim halachot on waking up in the morning 2 shiurim tzitzit 5 shiurim tefillin 4 shiurim tefillaminyanhalachic times 6 shiurim tefilla 12 shiurim netilat yadayim 3 shiurim brachot on foods, shehechiyanu, hagomel, etc. An experienced kallah teacher will be available six days a week to facilitate questions for chicagoland women relating to taharat hamishpacha jewish family puritymikvah. Simply enter the date and time of your menstrual flow and let my mikvah calendar take care of the rest. In judaism, pure and impure are completely spiritual concepts. The education and pr department taharat hamishpacha. This cycle of taharat hamishpacha family purity is to be followed throughout your marriage, so as to ensure freshness and renewed passion each month in your intimate lives together. If you are a bride in need of the current months of tammuz. Nili taharat hamishpacha refresher course for women. Free online taharat hamishpacha classes from nishmat. This process of calculation is actually called keeping the onas haveset lit.
The prohibition has been maintained in traditional jewish law and by the samaritans. Keeping the laws of niddah can be meaningful, rewarding, and fulfilling. Taharat hamishpacha refresher course past sessions tuesday, may 8, 2018 23 iyyar 5778 8. We will turn into boro park, lakewood or monsey, rabbi yitzchak berkovits, rosh yeshiva of aish hatorah. Rav hershel schachter gave the following psakim in these times of corona in the sefirah. Analysis of these effects based on menstrual cycle and ovulatory phase lengths for women in the childbearing years shows that the majority of cycles are. My mikvah calendar is a revolutionary way to help you keep a family purity taharat hamishpacha calendar according to chabad lubavitch custom.
Throughout history, jewish couples have been careful to calculate their onas haveset via a paper calendar which was many times a complex process. Taharas taharat hamishpacha mikvah jewish family site. The laws of family purity taharat hamishpacha are quite complex. Taharat hamishpacha refresher for women w michal zahtz. Taharat hamishpacha affords us an opportunity to check in with ourselves vis a vis the mindbodysoul trifecta. Nevertheless, frustrating, stressful, or inconvenient situations can arise in the context of these laws. The laws of niddah are further elaborated on in a tractate of the talmud called niddah, and some women study these laws in a prewedding class often referred to as kallah bride classes. Overview of family purity laws mivtza taharas hamishpacha. Analysis of these effects based on menstrual cycle and ovulatory phase lengths for women in the childbearing years shows that the majority of.