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{{short description|Tractate in Mishnah and Talmud}}
'''Niddah''' ( /ˈnɪd.ə/; ''Nid-ah''; [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: {{Lang|he|נִדָּה}}) is a ''[[masekhet]]'' or tractate of the [[Mishnah]] and the [[Talmud]], and is part of the order of [[Tohorot]]. The content of the tractate primarily deals with the legal provisions related to [[Halakha]] of [[Niddah]].

In Judaism, a niddah is a woman during [[menstruation]], or a woman who has menstruated and not yet completed the associated requirement of immersion in a [[mikveh]] (ritual bath). In the [[Book of Leviticus]], the [[Torah]] prohibits sexual intercourse with a ''niddah''.<ref>Leviticus 15:19-30, 18:19, 20:18</ref> The prohibition has been maintained in traditional Jewish law.  The laws concerning ''niddah'' are also referred to as ''taharat hamishpacha'' ({{Script/Hebrew|טהרת המשפחה}}, Hebrew for ''family purity'').

Niddah, along with [[Eruvin (Talmud)|Eruvin]] and [[Yevamot]], is considered one of the three most difficult tractates in the [[Babylonian Talmud]]. A Hebrew mnemonic for the three is עני (''ani'', meaning "poverty").<ref>[[Yaakov Emden]], ''Mitpachat Sefarim'' 4:174</ref>
== Structure ==
Niddah consists of 10 chapters. It has 79 [[mishnah|mishnahs]] and 73 pages [[gemara]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.sefaria.org/Niddah.2a?lang=bi|title=Niddah|last=|first=|date=|publisher=sefaria.org|access-date=November 4, 2019|language=en}}</ref>

=== Chapter headings ===
# Shammai Omer ({{Script/Hebrew|שמאי אומר}})
# Hol Ka'yad ({{Script/Hebrew|כל היד}})
# Hamapelet Chatichah ({{Script/Hebrew|המפלת חתיכה}})
# Bnot Kutim ({{Script/Hebrew|בנות כותים}})
# Yotzei Dofen ({{Script/Hebrew|יוצא דופן}})
# Ba Siman ({{Script/Hebrew|בא סימן}})
# Dan Niddah ({{Script/Hebrew|דם הנדה}})
# Haroeh Kettem ({{Script/Hebrew|הרואה כתם}})
# Haisha Shehi Oseh ({{Script/Hebrew|האשה שהיא עושה}})
# Tinoket ({{Script/Hebrew|תינוקת}})

== See also ==
* [[Tumah and taharah|Ritual purity in Judaism]]

== References ==
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