3,231
edits
Harchakot of Niddah: Difference between revisions
From Halachipedia
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 62: | Line 62: | ||
# A husband may send jewelry or gifts to his wife or send her flowers when she is a Niddah as long as he isn't too effusive with his love for her lest they be drawn to do something prohibited.<ref>Taharat Yosef 3:13 </ref> | # A husband may send jewelry or gifts to his wife or send her flowers when she is a Niddah as long as he isn't too effusive with his love for her lest they be drawn to do something prohibited.<ref>Taharat Yosef 3:13 </ref> | ||
==Looking at One's Wife== | |||
# A husband may enjoy his wife's look even when she is a nidda and we are not concerned that just looking at her will tempt him to transgress anything. However, he should avoid looking intentionally at the parts of the body that are usually covered to enjoy them<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:36 </ref> | |||
# A husband may be present with his wife in the delivery room when his wife is giving birth if his presence helps calm her down but he should not look at the genital area. <ref> Taharat Yosef 3:38 </ref> | |||
# A man may not look at the clothes of another woman who he knows even if she is not wearing them. However, he can look at his wife's clothes even when she is a nidda, and even if she is wearing them. <ref> Taharat Yosef 3:39 </ref> | |||
==Hearing her Voice== | |||
# A husband may hear his wife sing even when she is a nidda. <ref> Taharat Yosef 3:40 </ref> The husband is likewise permitted to hear her play a musical instrument.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:40</ref> | |||
==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 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 smell her husband's cologne.<ref> Taharat Yosef 3:43</ref> | |||
==Acts of Service== | ==Acts of Service== | ||
# 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> | ||
