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# A woman may smell her husband's cologne.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:43</ref> | # A woman may smell her husband's cologne.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:43</ref> | ||
==Acts of Service== | ==Acts of Service== | ||
# Being a nidda doesn't prevent a woman from serving her husband as she does during her pure days besides for pouring a drink for him, making his bed, and pouring water for him to wash his face. Thus, a woman may cook, bake, set the table, etc. as she always does even when she is a nidda.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:50 </ref> | |||
===Making the Bed=== | |||
# A husband may not cover his wife with a blanket when she is a nidda.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:26 </ref> | # A husband may not cover his wife with a blanket when she is a nidda.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:26 </ref> | ||
# | # It is prohibited for a woman to make her husband's bed in front of him. However, in the following circumstances it would be permitted: | ||
## If she is only changing the blakets and pillows, that is permissible. It is only forbidden to change the sheets and bed covers.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:56</ref> | |||
## If it is done not in front of him. Even if he is in the room, if he is looking away it would be permissible.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:56</ref> | |||
## If she simply is making up the bed in the morning after he wakes up, that would be permitted. It is only forbidden if she is doing so when the husband is about to lie down.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:56</ref> | |||
# All of these laws apply in both directions. Thus, the husband cannot make up his wife's bed, but all of the aforementioned leniencies would still apply.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:57</ref> | |||
===Pouring Water for the Husband to Wash With=== | |||
# A woman may not pour water on her husband so he can wash his hands, feet, and face even if she is careful not to touch her husband since this expresses affection. <ref> Taharat Yosef 3:59</ref> | |||
# There is no prohibition for a woman to prepare water for her husband to wash his hand for netilat yedayim.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:60</ref> | |||
# # All of these laws apply in both directions. Thus, the husband cannot prepare water for her to use for washing her hands, feet, and face, but all of the aforementioned leniencies would still apply.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:61</ref> | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
