Niddah (Talmud)
Template:Short description Niddah ( /ˈnɪd.ə/; Nid-ah; Hebrew: Script error: No such module "Lang".) 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.[1] The prohibition has been maintained in traditional Jewish law. The laws concerning niddah are also referred to as taharat hamishpacha (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />טהרת המשפחה, Hebrew for family purity).
Niddah, along with 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").[2]
Structure
Niddah consists of 10 chapters. It has 79 mishnahs and 73 pages gemara.[3]
Chapter headings
- Shammai Omer (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />שמאי אומר)
- Hol Ka'yad (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />כל היד)
- Hamapelet Chatichah (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />המפלת חתיכה)
- Bnot Kutim (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />בנות כותים)
- Yotzei Dofen (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />יוצא דופן)
- Ba Siman (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />בא סימן)
- Dan Niddah (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />דם הנדה)
- Haroeh Kettem (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />הרואה כתם)
- Haisha Shehi Oseh (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />האשה שהיא עושה)
- Tinoket (<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />תינוקת)
See also
References
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- ↑ Leviticus 15:19-30, 18:19, 20:18
- ↑ Yaakov Emden, Mitpachat Sefarim 4:174
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