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In Shulchan Aruch Horav Siman 187 Se'if Katan 39 it says that she has to be Choshesh for Onas Hachodesh (meaning the day of the month). As far as Haflogo she would have to see a second time Macmas Tashmish to create a Haflogo (but she does not count the Haflogo from the last regular ראייה to the first time she sees Macmas Tashmish -he explains at length why ...
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Torah Lishma Question 494 concludes that it is not something one should get killed for.
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There is no straightforward halachic preference in this case. Either the wife, the husband, an intermediary or even no one (ie. leaving the cloth in a mailbox with your name on it) may ask.
Each community and Rabbi has established protocols and practices which should be followed. I recommend that each person consult their local Niddah Posek as to how he ...
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When I got married I was told by my Rabbi who gave me a Choson Shmeus that it is the husbands responsibility.
I have no idea what you are talking about when you say "The man often wants to know why, which they are usually reluctant to tell him". I never asked why on a Psak and if I did my Rav would not hesitate to explain.
You say "The man often asks is ...
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Rabbi Isaac ben Sheshet was asked (Responsum 425) why no rabbinic edict requiring unmarried women to regularly purify themselves in the Mivka was ever enacted in order to minimize the transgressions of those who engage in extra-marital sexual contact. (I note the whole basis of the question is that in the days when women regularly or even semi-regularly were ...
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there is a custom among even single umarried men to go to the mikva every friday before shabbat.
I have heard people say they cannot feel the holiness of shabbat without going to the mikve.
I once read that Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky was asked if it is bitul torah (Wasted time) if a bachelor yeshiva student goes to the mikva frequently. he responded that on ...
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