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==Smelling her Perfume== | ==Smelling her Perfume== | ||
# A husband should not intentionally smell his wife's perfume when she is wearing it, while she is a nidda. If he inadvertently smells it, it is not forbidden.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:41</ref> | # A husband should not intentionally smell his wife's perfume when she is wearing it, while she is a nidda. If he inadvertently smells it, it is not forbidden.<ref> Pitchei Teshuva 195:1 quotes the Birkei Yosef 217:3 who forbids a man from smelling his wife's perfume when she is a niddah. Taharat Yosef 3:41 codifies this but adds that if he unintentionally smells it it isn't forbidden.</ref> | ||
# A woman may place a fragrance close to her husband so that he can smell it for the beracha of Besamim in Havdala.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:42</ref> | # A woman may place a fragrance close to her husband so that he can smell it for the beracha of Besamim in Havdala.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:42. See Badei Hashulchan 195:2 s.v. velo who considers this idea. </ref> | ||
# 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> | # 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> | ||
