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===Eating at the Same Table=== | ===Eating at the Same Table=== | ||
#Couples dining suggests intimacy, the Rabbis therefore called for caution in such an intimate setting, forming the basis for restricting a husband and a wife | #Couples dining suggests intimacy, the Rabbis therefore called for caution in such an intimate setting, forming the basis for restricting a husband and a wife during this period eating at the same table without a physical reminder (often called a heker) of her niddah status. Examples of such reminders include: placing an object or food item on the table that is not normally kept there and will not be used during the meal<ref>Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh Deah 195:3), Taharat Habayit (vol. 1, pg. 119). See also The Laws of Niddah (Rabbi Nacson, pg. 33) | ||
*The Mishna Shabbat 11b establishes that it is forbidden for a man to eat with his wife when she is a zavah so that they don't come to sin. | *The Mishna Shabbat 11b establishes that it is forbidden for a man to eat with his wife when she is a zavah so that they don't come to sin. | ||
