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Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Welcome
Why an Online Course?
How to use Kallah Companion
Overview
Halachic Concepts
Concepts and Challenges
Biblical and Rabbinic Law (D'Oraita and D'Rabbanan)
Communities and their Customs
Biblical Sources for Hilchot Niddah
Our Bodies
Female Reproductive Anatomy
The Menstrual Cycle
Niddah
Basic Concepts
What is Niddah?
Hargashah (Sensation of Menses)
Stains
Ketamim (Stains)
Doubtful Hargashah
Toilet Paper and Feminine Hygiene Pads
Concerns about Cheating
Variations
Other Ways of Becoming Niddah
Dam Makkah: Bleeding that Doesn't Make You Niddah
Unit Review
Summary
Questions
Becoming Tehorah
Hefsek Taharah
How to Do a Hefsek Taharah
Timing of Hefsek Taharah
The Moch Dachuk
The Five-Day Minimum
Explanation for the Five-Day Minimum (Optional)
Shivah Neki'im
The Shivah Neki'im
Problems during the Shivah Neki'im
Calendars for Becoming Tehorah
Evaluating Bedikot
Asking Questions
Why to Ask a Question to a Rabbi
How to Ask a Question to a Rabbi
The Role of a Yoetzet Halacha
Unit Review
Summary
Questions
Mikveh
Introduction
Introduction to Mikveh
Preparation
Chatzitzah: A Barrier that Invalidates Immersion
How to Prepare for Immersion: Chafifah (Cleansing)
How to Prepare for Immersion: FAQs
How to Prepare for Immersion : Iyun (Inspection)
When to Prepare
Where to Prepare
What to Bring to the Mikveh
Immersion
The Mikveh Attendant
Tevilah: Immersion in the Mikveh
Timing and Scheduling
Finding a Problem After Immersion
Mikveh Etiquette
Shabbat and Yom Tov
What is a Kosher Mikveh?
Unit Review
Summary
Questions
Harchakot
Why the Harchakot were Enacted
Touching
Mealtimes
Bedroom Arrangements
Signs of Affection
Appropriate Dress
Illness: Caring for a Spouse
The Harchakot: FAQ's
Sense and Sensitivity
Summary
Questions
Vesatot
Onot Perishah
Conduct during Onot Perishah
Calculations
An Irregular Cycle (Veset She'Eino Kavua)
What is an Onah?
Yom Hachodesh
The Haflagah
Onah Beinonit
Establishing a Veset Kavua
Uprooting a Veset Kavua
Veset Haguf
Vesatot and Hormonal Treatments
Keeping a Calendar
Determining the Onset of Menstruation
More Rules (Optional)
Additional Onot
Unusual Rules
Pregnancy, Nursing, and Menopause
Unit Review
Summary
Questions
Just for Kallot
Plans and Preparations
Scheduling your Wedding
Chupat Niddah
Mikveh before your Wedding
Bedikot Before your Wedding
The Wedding
Pre-Wedding Customs
The Wedding
Wedding Night
Dam Betulim (Hymenal Bleeding)
The Reasons for the Decree of Dam Betulim (Optional)
Establishing a Chazakah
Unit Review
Summary
Questions
Married Life
Shalom Bayit
Introduction to Shalom Bayit (Marital Harmony)
Little Things Count
Mitzvot Bein Adam L'Chaveiro (Interpersonal Mitzvot)
Communication
Conflict
In-Laws and Finances
Expert Advice
Intimacy
Introduction to Intimacy
A Conceptual Approach to Sexuality
The Mitzvah of Onah
Halachot of Marital Relations
Sexual Anatomy and Physiology
Our Health
Family Planning in Halacha
Contraceptive Methods
Gynecological Procedures
Our Lives
The Reproductive Life Cycle
Conception
Pregnancy
Childbirth
Breastfeeding
Menopause
Halachic Development (Optional)
From the Torah to Contemporary Practice
Conclusion
Parting Words
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is prohibited by both Jewish and secular law.
Copyright © 2005 Deena Zimmerman and Ilana Sober. All rights reserved.
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