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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 | # 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> | ||
# 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> | # 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 | ==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> | Regarding all the aspects of waking up at night, including Asher Yatzar, Birchot Hatorah and Netilat Yadayim see [[Waking_up_in_the_Middle_of_the_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> | |||
==Bracha== | ==Bracha== | ||
# Some women who are nursing have a practice to make a shehakol on something prior to nursing, though this isn’t necessary they will be blessed. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Otzar Dinim L’isha 1:19)</ref> | # Some women who are nursing have a practice to make a shehakol on something prior to nursing, though this isn’t necessary they will be blessed.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Otzar Dinim L’isha 1:19)</ref> | ||
==Fast Days== | ==Fast Days== | ||
# Someone who is sick may eat meat during the nine days and even during the week that Tisha B'av falls out. Similarly, a woman who is nursing and the child is weak and if the mother doesn't eat meat that will negatively impact the baby it is permitted to eat meat.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 551:17</ref> | # Someone who is sick may eat meat during the nine days and even during the week that Tisha B'av falls out. Similarly, a woman who is nursing and the child is weak and if the mother doesn't eat meat that will negatively impact the baby it is permitted to eat meat.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 551:17</ref> | ||
# A nursing woman doesn't have to fast on Tanit Ester as long as it is within 24 months after the baby was born and she feels very weak. <ref>Yalkut Yosef OC 686:4</ref> | # A nursing woman doesn't have to fast on Tanit Ester as long as it is within 24 months after the baby was born and she feels very weak.<ref>Yalkut Yosef OC 686:4</ref> | ||
# A woman who is nursing needs to fast on Tisha B'Av unless the child is sick and the doctors assess that the fast for the mother will harm the baby.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Siman 554 HaChayavim B’tanit, no. 3) </ref> In such situations a person should consult their Rabbi. | # A woman who is nursing needs to fast on Tisha B'Av unless the child is sick and the doctors assess that the fast for the mother will harm the baby.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Siman 554 HaChayavim B’tanit, no. 3) </ref> In such situations a person should consult their Rabbi. | ||
# A pregnant woman, a nursing woman, and a woman who gave birth within the last 30 days may eat on Tisha B'Av which falls out on Shabbat and is delayed to Sunday. However, they shouldn't eat for pleasure but whatever is necessary.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Siman 554 Hachayavim B'Tanit no. 4)</ref> | # A pregnant woman, a nursing woman, and a woman who gave birth within the last 30 days may eat on Tisha B'Av which falls out on Shabbat and is delayed to Sunday. However, they shouldn't eat for pleasure but whatever is necessary.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Siman 554 Hachayavim B'Tanit no. 4)</ref> | ||
==Shabbat== | ==Shabbat== | ||
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==Meat and Milk== | ==Meat and Milk== | ||
# A woman who is nursing and needs to drink milk within six hours of eating meat may do so as long as one hour passed after having eaten meat. It is preferable that she wash out her teeth so there is no meat stuck there when she eats milk.<ref>[http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49181&st=&pgnum=428 Torat HaYoledet 62:3], Yalkut Yosef (Otzar Dinim L'isha 49:3)</ref> | # A woman who is nursing and needs to drink milk within six hours of eating meat may do so as long as one hour passed after having eaten meat. It is preferable that she wash out her teeth so there is no meat stuck there when she eats milk.<ref>[http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49181&st=&pgnum=428 Torat HaYoledet 62:3], Yalkut Yosef (Otzar Dinim L'isha 49:3)</ref> | ||
