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==What is a Hargasha== | ==What is a Hargasha== | ||
# Chazal learn from the pasuk דם יהיה זובה בבשרה<ref>Vayikra 15:19</ref> that in order for a woman to become a Niddah on a | # Chazal learn from the pasuk דם יהיה זובה בבשרה<ref>Vayikra 15:19</ref> that in order for a woman to become a Niddah on a biblical level she needs to feel the onset of her flow. That feeling is called a hargasha.<ref>Gemara Niddah 57b, Rambam Isurei Biyah 9:1, Shulchan Aruch YD 190:1, Taharat Habayit v. 1 p. 6</ref> There are three major types of feelings (hargashot) that would indicate that her period began and would render her a Niddah.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva YD 184:1</ref> | ||
## Many explain that if a woman felt that her uterus opened that is a hargasha.<ref>Trumat Hadeshen, Shulchan Aruch YD 183:1, Pitchei Teshuva 183:1</ref> | ## Many explain that if a woman felt that her uterus opened that is a hargasha.<ref>Trumat Hadeshen, Shulchan Aruch YD 183:1, Pitchei Teshuva 183:1</ref> | ||
## Others explain that if a woman felt some liquid flow from the uterus into the inner part of her vagina that is a hargasha.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva YD 183:1 citing the Nodeh Beyehuda YD 55 and Chavot Daat 190:1 who hold that a feeling of a liquid flow is a hargasha, while the Chatom Sofer 145, 153, 167, 171 argues. Taharat Habayit v. 1 p. 14 agrees with the Chatom Sofer that essentially this isn't a hargasha.</ref> | ## Others explain that if a woman felt some liquid flow from the uterus into the inner part of her vagina that is a hargasha.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva YD 183:1 citing the Nodeh Beyehuda YD 55 and Chavot Daat 190:1 who hold that a feeling of a liquid flow is a hargasha, while the Chatom Sofer 145, 153, 167, 171 argues. Taharat Habayit v. 1 p. 14 agrees with the Chatom Sofer that essentially this isn't a hargasha.</ref> | ||
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# Even if she saw blood and didn't have a hargasha she is a Niddah rabbinically.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 190:1</ref> | # Even if she saw blood and didn't have a hargasha she is a Niddah rabbinically.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 190:1</ref> | ||
==Hargasha Nowadays== | ==Hargasha Nowadays== | ||
# Nowadays most women do not feel any of these conditions. Nonetheless, the poskim assume that women who experience their period are a Niddah on a | # Nowadays most women do not feel any of these conditions. Nonetheless, the poskim assume that women who experience their period are a Niddah on a biblical level.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan 183:61 writes that woman do still experience hargasha even if they testify otherwise. Igrot Moshe YD 4:17:12 writes that it is possible for woman to have a slight feeling of a hargasha and miss it. Either way he says that if a woman knows it is her flow she is a Niddah but if she finds blood and doesn't have any feeling of any hargasha it is only a ketem.</ref> Furthermore, some say that if she saw a lot of blood which is the usual amount that would come at the time of her period she is considered a Niddah on a biblical level.<reF>Yesod Hatahara p. 3</ref> | ||
# The rules of ketamim do not apply to a bedika cloth even if she says that she didn't feel a hargasha.<ref>Taharat Habayit v. 1 p. 17</ref> | # The rules of ketamim do not apply to a bedika cloth even if she says that she didn't feel a hargasha.<ref>Taharat Habayit v. 1 p. 17</ref> | ||
==Feelings that are Confused with a Hargasha== | ==Feelings that are Confused with a Hargasha== | ||
# There are certain phenomenon that can cause a sensation similar to a hargasha. Therefore, if a woman was involved in any one of these activities and then saw blood that could have been emitted from her body it could be that she is a Niddah | # There are certain phenomenon that can cause a sensation similar to a hargasha. Therefore, if a woman was involved in any one of these activities and then saw blood that could have been emitted from her body it could be that she is a Niddah biblically and that blood is not considered a ketem.<ref>Gemara Niddah 57b, Sidrei Tahara 183:1</ref> | ||
## If a woman urinated: A ketem on a wipe or tissue found after urinating if found immediately it is considered niddah blood but if it is found after a normal amount of time that a woman would wait to wipe for all of the drops to leave her it is only a ketem.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 4:17:13</ref> A ketem found on tissue paper isn't a ketem since it isn't mekabel tumah.<ref>Igrot Moshe 4:17:14</ref> | ## If a woman urinated: A ketem on a wipe or tissue found after urinating if found immediately it is considered niddah blood but if it is found after a normal amount of time that a woman would wait to wipe for all of the drops to leave her it is only a ketem.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 4:17:13</ref> A ketem found on tissue paper isn't a ketem since it isn't mekabel tumah.<ref>Igrot Moshe 4:17:14</ref> | ||
## If a had tashmish | ## If a had tashmish | ||
