Postpartum (mazal tov!) review!

2. Review: 10 questions 0 of 10 answered

1. Does the onset of contractions require behaving as if the wife is niddah?

   yesno

2. Contractions have progressed to the point where the wife finds it difficult to walk, and asks for assistance. Does the wife enter the niddah state?

   yesno

3. The amniotic sac's bursting _____.

   causes the niddah statedoes not necessarily cause the niddah state

4. Birth causes the niddah state.

   truefalse

5. The husband _____ be present in the same room with his wife during delivery.

   shouldshould not

6. After the birth of a daughter which of the following best describes what's required prior to immersing in the mikveh?

   Hefsek tahara, seven white daysHefsek tahara, seven white days, immersion, as long as the immersion is at least fourteen days after the birth

7. Do all the laws of separation observed during menstruation apply after birth as well?

   yesno

8. Is the niddah state caused by birth considered when calculating the next anticipated menstruation (vestos)?

   yesno

9. Does a miscarriage result in the niddah state?

   yesno

10. Which of the following is true regarding a miscarriage which occurred up to and including the fortieth day of pregnancy?

    The wife waits at least fourteen days, performs a hefsek tahara, counts the seven white days and immerses in the mikvehThe wife performs a hefsek tahara as soon as bleeding has ceased, counts the seven white days and immerses in the mikveh

2. Review: 10 questions 0 of 10 answered

1. A woman who became niddah remains so until immersing in a mikveh, in accordance with halacha, even if many years have passed.

   truefalse

2. The husband is _____ be lenient in some of the laws of separation in order to persuade his wife to immerse in the mikveh.

   forbidden topermitted to

3. A couple feels sure that leniency regarding one of the laws of separation will not create any feelings of intimacy whatsoever. Are they permitted to be lenient in that particular law?

   yesno

4. Direct body contact is _____.

   permittedforbidden

5. Holding a common object which does not move, e.g. a table, is _____.

   permittedforbidden

6. The husband's touching the clothing being worn by his niddah wife, or vice versa, is _____.

   permittedforbidden

7. Tossing an object one to the other is _____.

   permittedforbidden

8. Eating on the same table is permissible when _____.

   they began eating at different timesthey place an object between them

9. It is _____ for the husband to smell perfume on his niddah wife's body.

   permittedforbidden

10. To hear one's niddah wife singing is _____.

    permittedforbidden

2. Review: 10 questions 0 of 10 answered

1. The purpose of the hefsek tahara is to establish _____.

   that the next expected menstrual cycle still hasn't arriveddiscontinuation of bleeding prior to the seven white days

2. The hefsek tahara is a _____ examination.

   mandatoryrecommended

3. From when is it permissible to perform the hefsek tahara?

   As soon as the wife feels there is no continuation of bleeding, from at least the fifth day after becoming niddahAs soon as the wife feels a cessation of bleeding, from at least the fourth day after becoming niddah, but she may not begin the seven white days until the following day

4. The minimum five days applies _____.

   only when the niddah was caused by menstruationregardless of the cause of niddah, e.g. staining, or an internal examination

5. The wife is certain that bleeding has stopped. Does she still need to perform the hefsek tahara?

   yesno

6. Prior to performing the hefsek tahara, ideally, _____.

   the wife should wash her entire body, especially private parts, thoroughly both externally and internallywashes those parts of the body which, most probably, might have come into contact with blood

7. Ideally, the examination should be performed with _____.

   a tissuea cloth

8. When an impure color is found, the hefsek tahara may be repeated with a clean examination cloth until a clean result is obtained. This must be done before _____.

   starlightsunset

9. A hefsek tahara performed a few minutes after sunset is _____.

   validinvalid

10. The wife did not perform the hefsek tahara before candle lighting.

    She is permitted to do so after candle lighting, as long as it is before sunsetShe is not permitted to do the hefsek tahara after lighting the candles

2. Review: 10 questions 0 of 10 answered

1. The seven white day period is _____.

   not based on a verse, rather a rabbinic legislation onlybased on a verse

2. The seven white day period must form an uninterrupted block of seven days free from menstrual bleeding.

   truefalse

3. There _____ leniency in the laws of separation during the seven white day period.

   isis no

4. Choose the correct following statement.

   All the seven white days are equal in regards to finding a stain, kesemFinding a stain on one of the first three days is stricter than the rest

5. During the first three days a stain cannot be dismissed as coming from a bruise.

   truefalse

6. During the seven white days, the wife's bed sheets _____.

   need to be whiteneed to be white and checked for stains

7. During the seven white days the wife ideally checks _____.

   once dailytwice daily

8. A wife did not perform all the examinations. Her seven white day period is nonetheless valid, as long as she checked _____.

   once on the first day, and once on the seventhonce a day for seven days

9. A stain seen during the seven white days obligates _____.

   waiting five days, hefsek tahara, and seven daysperforming a hefsek tahara and seven white days

10. When the seven white days do not immediately precede the evening of the mikveh, if it does not cause problems, it is sound advice to check during the interim days.

    truefalse

2. Review: 10 questions 0 of 10 answered

1. For the immersion in the mikveh to be valid, _____.

   it is sufficient to immerse the body limb by limbthe entire body must be immersed simultaneously

2. Preparation for immersion, hafifah, is _____ in origin.

   scripturalfrom the period of Ezra

3. When a limited amount of hot water is available for hafifah, _____.

   it should be used firstly for the hairit should be used firstly for the rest of the body

4. Nails must be trimmed _____.

   on the fingerson the fingers and toes as well

5. Nail polish _____.

   need not be removedshould be removed, even if it is complete and not chipped

6. Choose the correct statement.

   Loose jewelry, e.g. a loose bracelet, need not be removed before immersionAll jewelry should be removed before immersion

7. After using soaps and shampoos it is important _____.

   to rinse them outnot to rinse them out

8. Permanent tooth fillings, dentures and crowns are cleaned the same as natural teeth in preparation for immersion.

   truefalse

9. A subcutaneous bruise _____ affect immersion.

   doesdoes not

10. Ideally, hafifah begins during the day and continues into the night. When hafifah during the day was not possible _____.

    the night hafifah is sufficientnight hafifah is insufficient and immersion is delayed a day

2. Review: 10 questions 0 of 10 answered

1. Scripturally, a substance is considered to be intervening, between the person and the mikveh water when _____.

   it covers the majority of the body and she is particular in not allowing such a substance to remain on her bodyit covers the majority of the body or she is particular in not allowing such a substance to remain on her body

2. In assessing whether the substance covers the majority of the body _____.

   all covered areas must be connectedthese covered areas need not be connected

3. The hair _____ when considering if a substance covers its majority.

   is viewed as part of the bodyis viewed as an independent body

4. The wife is wearing a small bit of jewelry, such as a thin loose bracelet. She does not usually remove it while bathing or showering. Does she need to remove it before immersing?

   yesno

5. Which is more problematic, halachically?

   Two knotted hairsOne knotted hair

6. Perspiration causing _____ of the hair on her head or under the armpits to cling invalidates the immersion.

   mostsome

7. The wife's negligently not removing lice from her hair invalidates the immersion.

   truefalse

8. Which poses more of a halachic obstacle to immersing?

   Hair dye which is not absorbed into the hair shaftHair dye which is absorbed into the hair shaft

9. One fingernail remained uncut when she immersed in the mikveh. Should the wife cut it and immerse again?

   yesno

10. The night following immersion has passed, and the wife discovered that one fingernail was left uncut. The immersion is _____.

    validinvalid

2. Review: 10 questions 0 of 10 answered

1. When the husband is present, immersing as soon as halachically permissible is _____.

   advisablea mitzvah

2. The night of immersion is a private matter best kept discreetly between husband and wife.

   truefalse

3. Immersion must be after _____.

   sunsetnightfall

4. If the night of the immersion coincides with a night of anticipated menstruation, e.g. the Monthly Cycle, or an Interval Cycle, _____.

   the wife nonetheless immersesthe wife does not immerse

5. The immersion falls on the night of Yom Kippur:

   The wife immerses, however relations are postponed until the following nightThe immersion is delayed until the following night

6. A female supervisor at least _____ years old is to be present.

   1214

7. Ideally, immersion should be performed with intention, (kavanah).

   truefalse

8. Between the blessing and immersing _____.

   the wife should not speakthe wife is permitted to speak

9. The eyes _____.

   should be kept open, naturallyshould be kept closed, naturally

10. After immersing, _____.

    the wife is permitted to showerit is best not to rinse off the mikveh water

2. Review: 10 questions 0 of 10 answered

1. The responsibility to record the ongoing menstrual appearance and its cessation is _____.

   rabbinic in originscriptural in origin

2. A wife who is certain that she intuitively knows when her menstruation will appear _____.

   can suffice with this knowledge, and needn't record her menstrual cyclesmust, nonetheless, record her cycles and calculate according to halacha

3. Regarding these laws, daytime and nighttime are considered from _____.

   daybreak (alos hashacha,) to nightfall (tzetz hakochovim)sunset (shkiya,) to sunrise (netz)

4. To observe these laws it is necessary to calculate according to the Hebrew, lunar, calendar.

   truefalse

5. The examination on these dates is _____.

   exactly the same as that performed for the hefsek taharamore lenient than that performed for the hefsek tahara

6. Blood found during one of these examinations _____.

   requires the same minimum size as a stain, kesemhas no minimum size

7. The Monthly Cycle represents _____.

   the regularity of menstruation on a thirty day cyclethe affect of the lunar cycle on menstruation

8. On the Monthly Cycle separation is observed for _____.

   24 hoursa day or night

9. The Interval Cycle, according to Chabad custom, reflects the number of half days (onahs,) from _____.

   the onset of one menstruation to the onset of the nextthe hefsek tahara to the onset of the next menstruation

10. Which general rule is correct?

    A shorter cycle erases a longer oneA longer cycle erases a shorter one