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==Shiva Nekiyim before the Wedding== | ==Shiva Nekiyim before the Wedding== | ||
# Initially the tevilah at the conclusion of the shiva nekiyim should take place as close to the wedding as possible. The minhag allows going to mikveh up to 4 days prior to the wedding night. That is, if the wedding is Sunday night the mikveh should be on Wednesday night or later.<ref>Rama 192:2, Sidrei Tahara 192:12 s.v vechen</ref> | # Initially the tevilah at the conclusion of the shiva nekiyim should take place as close to the wedding as possible. The minhag allows going to mikveh up to 4 days prior to the wedding night. That is, if the wedding is Sunday night the mikveh should be on Wednesday night or later.<ref>Rama 192:2, Sidrei Tahara 192:7 and 192:12 s.v vechen</ref> | ||
# If the kallah goes to mikveh more than 4 days before the wedding she should do bedikot each day. Some hold that they should do bedikot even if they go less than 4 days before the wedding.<ref>Rama 192:2 writes that if the wedding is delayed to beyond 4 days after going to mikveh then she should do bedikot each day. This implies that if she goes to mikveh within 4 days of the wedding she doesn't need to do bedikot each day. However, the Badei Hashulchan 192:28 citing the Bach, Chachmat Adam, and Sidrei Tahara who hold that she does need to bedikot twice a day even if the mikveh was within 4 days of the wedding. In rishonim the Hagahot Maimoniyot Isurei Biyah 11:5 implies that a bedika is needed each day.</ref> | # If the kallah goes to mikveh more than 4 days before the wedding she should do bedikot each day. Some hold that they should do bedikot even if they go less than 4 days before the wedding.<ref>Rama 192:2 writes that if the wedding is delayed to beyond 4 days after going to mikveh then she should do bedikot each day. This implies that if she goes to mikveh within 4 days of the wedding she doesn't need to do bedikot each day. However, the Badei Hashulchan 192:28 citing the Bach, Chachmat Adam, and Sidrei Tahara who hold that she does need to bedikot twice a day even if the mikveh was within 4 days of the wedding. In rishonim the Hagahot Maimoniyot Isurei Biyah 11:5 implies that a bedika is needed each day.</ref> | ||
# A husband doesn't need to ask his wife if she is a niddah at her wedding and he can rely on the fact that he would have been told if she was a niddah.<ref>Shach 192:4</ref> | # A husband doesn't need to ask his wife if she is a niddah at her wedding and he can rely on the fact that he would have been told if she was a niddah.<ref>Shach 192:4</ref> | ||
