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==Modesty== | ==Modesty== | ||
# Modest women cover themselves when nursing in front of other people.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Otzar Dinim L’isha 60:36, p. 800)</ref> | # Modest women cover themselves when nursing in front of other people.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Otzar Dinim L’isha 60:36, p. 800)</ref> | ||
# It is permitted to nurse in the bathroom and it isn't a concern of feeding food to someone in the bathroom since the baby is small and the food isn't forbidden, even though generally we don't eat in the bathroom.<ref>Vavey Haamudim v. 38 p. 50 from Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein</ref> | |||
==Waking up at night== | ==Waking up at night== | ||
# A woman who is getting up at night to nurse doesn't need to wash her hands each time, however, it is a righteous practice to do so. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Otzar Dinim L’isha 1:19)</ref> | # A woman who is getting up at night to nurse doesn't need to wash her hands each time, however, it is a righteous practice to do so. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Otzar Dinim L’isha 1:19)</ref> | ||
