User:NovaSun8/Culture and menstruation

In Judaism, a woman during menstruation is called "niddah" and although many may think that women have restrictions during menstruation, it is not true. According to the BT Ketubot, menstruating women are permitted to engage in all the same activities as a non-menstruant women with only three exceptions. They are not permitted to make their husband's bed, not allowed to wash his feet and pour him wine. This is to avoid any sexual contact with the menstruate women may. The Leviticus Rabbah states that for men engaging in sexual relations with the menstruate will result in leprous children. The Jewish Torah prohibits sexual intercourse with a menstruating woman.The ritual exclusion of "niddah" applies to a woman while menstruating and for about a week thereafter, until she immerses herself in a mikvah (ritual bath) which is basically intended only for married women. Orthodox Judaism forbids women and men from even touching or passing things to each other during this period. While Orthodox Jews follow this exclusion, many Jews in other branches of the religion do not.