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Does a woman who gives her eggs become yoledet
In Leviticus 12:1-4 it states that a woman is impure for 7 days after birth, known as Yoledet. This is a status with similar rules to niddah. My question is, does this Halacha apply to a woman who ...
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Giving birth twice in a month
I came across an article about a woman with two wombs giving birth twice, nearly a month apart. How should such a woman deal with all the regular rules after giving birth.
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A pregnant woman of a boy kohen baby going into cemetery
The gemara in chullin 71 writes that a tahor baluah cannot become tamei. Meaning something inside someone cannot become tamei from the outside. So it seems from this gemara that a woman who married a ...
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Can an ultrasound be relied upon?
I have read reports of the accuracy of gender prediction from an ultrasound with numbers ranging from 90-98%.
There is a halacha (Y.D. 194:11) that if a fetus sticks its hand [or possibly any limb] ...
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Is a mother who has just given birth allowed to travel within a month or so of birth?
This question was inspired by the account in Matthew of the events immediately following Jesus' birth. According to Matthew, Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but his parents took him away immediately ...
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Why is a woman tamei 7 days for a son but 14 for a daughter? [duplicate]
Vayikra 12 says that after giving birth a woman is tamei for 7 days for a son (12:2) and 14 days for a daughter (12:5). I am aware of the g'mara on Niddah 31b that says that everybody rejoices for a ...
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How does a Yoledet remove her impurity for korbanot?
Does the tuma of a Yoledet expire?
What I mean is that she goes to the mikve on the 8th or 15th night and is permitted to her husband ( even if she's still bleeding ), but is still impure for ...
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Connection between purity and bris?
The verse in Vayikra 12:2 says
דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר אִשָּׁה כִּי תַזְרִיעַ וְיָלְדָה זָכָר וְטָמְאָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים כִּימֵי נִדַּת דְּוֹתָהּ תִּטְמָא
If a woman conceives and gives ...
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Why are women unclean longer after giving birth to a girl?
I read that women are unclean for two weeks after giving birth to a girl and seven days after giving birth to a boy. What does it tell us?
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