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==How Long to Nurse For==
==How Long to Nurse For==
#A woman shouldn't stop nursing unless she became pregnant or she needs to for her health or another need. According to Kabbalah there is a reason to continue nursing up to 24 months.<ref>Hachupa Vhanesuin 34:44, Ben Ish Chai Emor II n. 13, Pitchei Teshuva 81:16 citing Adney Paz, Yitzchak Yiranen 2:2:2, Refuah Sheleimah p. 156</ref>  
#A woman shouldn't stop nursing unless she became pregnant or she needs to for her health or another need. According to Kabbalah there is a reason to continue nursing up to 24 months.<ref>Hachupa Vhanesuin 34:44, Ben Ish Chai Emor II n. 13, Pitchei Teshuva 81:16 citing Adney Paz, Yitzchak Yiranen 2:2:2, Refuah Sheleimah p. 156</ref>  
# Once a child stops nursing it is permitted for them to start again until they are two years old. Once they are two years old and they stopped they can't restart. Stopping to nurse means that the baby didn't nurse for three days. If they stopped because they were sick it doesn't count as though they stopped. If the baby's health is endangered they can start again to nurse. <ref>Gemara Ketubot 60a, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 81:7</ref>
# Generally a woman shouldn't stop nursing in order to become pregnant because stopping to nurse takes away from the nutrition of the baby.<ref>Sefer Puah v. 3 p. 321-2 quoting Rav Shlomo Fischer</ref>
# If a woman is relatively older or the baby is relatively older and the couple hasn't fulfilled [[pru urevu]] the halacha could change and it would be permitted to stop nursing to become pregnant.<ref>Sefer Puah citing Darkei Tahara c. 19 p. 257</ref> Some say that this is only true after the baby is at least 6 months old.<ref>Sefer Puah citing Olah Shel Torah 6:13</ref>
# Once a child stops nursing it is permitted for the baby to restart nursing until they are two years old. Once they are two years old and they stopped they can't restart. Stopping to nurse means that the baby didn't nurse for three days. If they stopped because they were sick it doesn't count as though they stopped. If the baby's health is endangered they can start again to nurse. <ref>Gemara Ketubot 60a, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 81:7</ref>
 
==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>