Hi,
One the harchakah activities prohibited by the sages for a husband and wife when the wife is a niddah is that of eating from the same plate.
This prohibition does not preclude taking from the same serving plate, such as using the same butter dish. One does not eat directly from the butter dish, and one does not put any surplus butter back on the butter dish, from one's plate.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Yoreh Deah 1:92; see more there)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Showing posts with label Niddah: Harchakot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Niddah: Harchakot. Show all posts
Monday, May 6, 2013
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Sharing a TV dinner
Hi,
One the harchakah activities prohibited by the sages for a husband and wife when the wife is a niddah is that of eating from the same plate.
If the plate has multiple compartments, but it is the sort of plate which only an intimate couple would share, then a husband and wife may not eat from the separate compartments; one of them should put his/her food on a separate plate and eat it from there.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Yoreh Deah 1:91)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
One the harchakah activities prohibited by the sages for a husband and wife when the wife is a niddah is that of eating from the same plate.
If the plate has multiple compartments, but it is the sort of plate which only an intimate couple would share, then a husband and wife may not eat from the separate compartments; one of them should put his/her food on a separate plate and eat it from there.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Yoreh Deah 1:91)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Harchakot, beyond niddah
Hi,
The sages prohibited certain interactions between a husband and wife when the wife is a niddah, lest the couple become drawn into biblically prohibited relations due to their normal familiarity with each other. This includes, for example, handing items to each other directly. These actions are called harchakot.
The harchakot are a concern only for a married couple, since they are accustomed to being permitted to each other. These do not apply for any other man and woman.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Yoreh Deah 1:90)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
The sages prohibited certain interactions between a husband and wife when the wife is a niddah, lest the couple become drawn into biblically prohibited relations due to their normal familiarity with each other. This includes, for example, handing items to each other directly. These actions are called harchakot.
The harchakot are a concern only for a married couple, since they are accustomed to being permitted to each other. These do not apply for any other man and woman.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Yoreh Deah 1:90)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Monday, January 11, 2010
Yichud with one's wife when she is a niddah
Hi,
We have said that a man may not remain in seclusion with a woman to whom he is prohibited.
Nonetheless, a man may be alone with his wife when she is a niddah; we assume that their restraint will be sufficient, because they have been together sexually before and because they know that in a short time they will be permitted to each other again.
(Shulchan Aruch Even haEzer 22:1)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
We have said that a man may not remain in seclusion with a woman to whom he is prohibited.
Nonetheless, a man may be alone with his wife when she is a niddah; we assume that their restraint will be sufficient, because they have been together sexually before and because they know that in a short time they will be permitted to each other again.
(Shulchan Aruch Even haEzer 22:1)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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