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 Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:41 pm
Divash Men... please, show the maturity to avoid going there. If you want to know about women's private matters, ask your wife or your rabbi. or just learn some torah. you'll get to nidah, sooner or later.
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:43 pm
nathan_ngl ZonkotheSane darkphoenix1247 There is a staff sub-forum, but non-crew are not allowed to access it, unfortunately. it just so happens that none of the staff is male stare :ahem: Zonkothesane or just learn some torah. you'll get to nidah, sooner or later. so you don't count.
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:49 pm
ZonkotheSane not that while submerged, one is usually in the fetal position. The point being that once coming out of the mikveh, the person is a like a "new creation". While under the water, the person enters a state of "rebirth". He/she becomes a new creation, cleared from all impurities.
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:42 pm
ZonkotheSane nathan_ngl ZonkotheSane darkphoenix1247 There is a staff sub-forum, but non-crew are not allowed to access it, unfortunately. it just so happens that none of the staff is male stare :ahem: Zonkothesane or just learn some torah. you'll get to nidah, sooner or later. so you don't count. Not to mention we had Elfy and Shem until they left... xp
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darkphoenix1247 Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:34 pm
Well, then, the (currently MOSTLY female) staff could discuss issues pertaining to niddah and taharat ha-mishpachah on a staff-only forum. I'm sure that the few males who are on staff would respect the boundary not to enter that particular thread, as long as it was named something that they could recognize immediately was not for them, such as "FEMALE PLAYERS ONLY: Nidah/Taharat ha-Mishpachah," and particularly if there were also a forum such as "MALE PLAYERS ONLY: Concerning Taharat ha-Mishpachah."
It wouldn't help those of us who aren't staff, unfortunately, but at least everyone now knows where to look for information which pertains to them, on the topic. There are thousands of places which are findable on Google and other search engines, and if a man is truly wondering how it all works and what part he will play in that mitzvah once he's married, he should consult his rav. Most, if not all, rabbonim are happy to discuss the topic.
For women, there are women's websites, and also you can ask any woman in your community. I found that when I approached the topic in an email to my rabbi's wife, she responded by asking all the women of the congregation if they'd like a refresher course. The response was so great that now there's a regular kallah (bride) class, a refresher course for those who've studied it once before and aren't new to marriage, and then a class which I'm taking, which is for those who wish to be trained as mikvah attendants. All three classes are very worthwhile.
Also, I recommend reading "A Hedge Of Roses" by Maurice Lamm, a rabbi of great sensitivity regarding this very intimate topic. He doesn't address the particulars of how to observe the mitzvah of taharat hamishpachah, but he does give some excellent reasons for why to do it, and eloquent and persuasive arguments for the practice. Had I not already been committed to the observance, I would almost assuredly have been swayed to at least trying it, by his wonderful way of approaching and treating the topic.
Young people especially would do well to research the topic, both for the how-to and the why of it all. It's so easy to say that it's old-fashioned, as if that were a good reason not to keep this mitzvah. But there are many reasons that this practice has persisted since Biblical times. Don't knock it until you've had the chance to try it.
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 5:12 pm
nathan_ngl ZonkotheSane darkphoenix1247 There is a staff sub-forum, but non-crew are not allowed to access it, unfortunately. it just so happens that none of the staff is male stare :ahem: ::le gasp:: nathan's a girl!!! woot ^.^ nathan we should go do girley stuff together oo i could braid your hair!!
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:07 pm
YvetteEmilieDupont nathan_ngl ZonkotheSane darkphoenix1247 There is a staff sub-forum, but non-crew are not allowed to access it, unfortunately. it just so happens that none of the staff is male stare :ahem: ::le gasp:: nathan's a girl!!! woot ^.^ nathan we should go do girley stuff together oo i could braid your hair!!
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:18 pm
Commitment to observance of taharat hamishpacha is one of the major reasons I'm choosing to convert Orthodox. I rather like Artscroll's "A Woman's Guide To The Laws of Niddah," which is a very visually pretty book - I believe it's supposed to be a gift to kallahs or something, it has pretty gold pages and a leatherette cover and all that - but it's informative and factually written, like their regular halacha books. Mayim Rabim is a group blog-type of website written by women about their feelings about the mikveh, being niddah, and related topics, for those interested in the more personal aspects as well. I like some of the regular writers here.
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:24 am
Shoujo Kakumei J-chan Commitment to observance of taharat hamishpacha is one of the major reasons I'm choosing to convert Orthodox. I rather like Artscroll's "A Woman's Guide To The Laws of Niddah," which is a very visually pretty book - I believe it's supposed to be a gift to kallahs or something, it has pretty gold pages and a leatherette cover and all that - but it's informative and factually written, like their regular halacha books. Mayim Rabim is a group blog-type of website written by women about their feelings about the mikveh, being niddah, and related topics, for those interested in the more personal aspects as well. I like some of the regular writers here. I'm also very fond of A Hedge Of Roses by Norman Lamm (not by Maurice Lamm, as I believe I erroneously stated once before). I lurk a lot on Mayim Rabim, though I don't post there. Please, men, don't go there. It's very personal and very intimate material, and not meant to be viewed by men.
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:09 am
Divash Shoujo Kakumei J-chan Commitment to observance of taharat hamishpacha is one of the major reasons I'm choosing to convert Orthodox. I rather like Artscroll's "A Woman's Guide To The Laws of Niddah," which is a very visually pretty book - I believe it's supposed to be a gift to kallahs or something, it has pretty gold pages and a leatherette cover and all that - but it's informative and factually written, like their regular halacha books. Mayim Rabim is a group blog-type of website written by women about their feelings about the mikveh, being niddah, and related topics, for those interested in the more personal aspects as well. I like some of the regular writers here. I'm also very fond of A Hedge Of Roses by Norman Lamm (not by Maurice Lamm, as I believe I erroneously stated once before). I lurk a lot on Mayim Rabim, though I don't post there. Please, men, don't go there. It's very personal and very intimate material, and not meant to be viewed by men. that's weird. lol i'm not reading really in depth about this whole mikvah thing, cause the first time i tried reading about it I got really confused about it's true intentions. Then when I tried asking a jewish website, they were all just stupid, and it finally took my world religions teacher to give the answer i had been looking for all along, and she's not jewish.
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:11 am
nathan_ngl ZonkotheSane not that while submerged, one is usually in the fetal position. The point being that once coming out of the mikveh, the person is a like a "new creation". While under the water, the person enters a state of "rebirth". He/she becomes a new creation, cleared from all impurities. that seems a little weird and uncomfy... yea.. ::passes out cookies since everyone is using a bunch of noggin power::
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:43 am
YvetteEmilieDupont nathan_ngl ZonkotheSane not that while submerged, one is usually in the fetal position. The point being that once coming out of the mikveh, the person is a like a "new creation". While under the water, the person enters a state of "rebirth". He/she becomes a new creation, cleared from all impurities. that seems a little weird and uncomfy... yea.. ::passes out cookies since everyone is using a bunch of noggin power:: if it makes you feel any better, it says the same thing about waking up in the morning. (or something very similar)
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:50 am
ZonkotheSane YvetteEmilieDupont nathan_ngl ZonkotheSane not that while submerged, one is usually in the fetal position. The point being that once coming out of the mikveh, the person is a like a "new creation". While under the water, the person enters a state of "rebirth". He/she becomes a new creation, cleared from all impurities. that seems a little weird and uncomfy... yea.. ::passes out cookies since everyone is using a bunch of noggin power:: if it makes you feel any better, it says the same thing about waking up in the morning. (or something very similar) o.0 we wake up in the fetal position.. wow.. I'm always just sprawled out like some blob or something. lol my husband is going to hate me. :evil laugh:
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:12 am
YvetteEmilieDupont ZonkotheSane YvetteEmilieDupont nathan_ngl ZonkotheSane not that while submerged, one is usually in the fetal position. The point being that once coming out of the mikveh, the person is a like a "new creation". While under the water, the person enters a state of "rebirth". He/she becomes a new creation, cleared from all impurities. that seems a little weird and uncomfy... yea.. ::passes out cookies since everyone is using a bunch of noggin power:: if it makes you feel any better, it says the same thing about waking up in the morning. (or something very similar) o.0 we wake up in the fetal position.. wow.. I'm always just sprawled out like some blob or something. lol my husband is going to hate me. :evil laugh: no...the thing about "new creation"...
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:21 am
ZonkotheSane YvetteEmilieDupont ZonkotheSane YvetteEmilieDupont nathan_ngl ZonkotheSane not that while submerged, one is usually in the fetal position. The point being that once coming out of the mikveh, the person is a like a "new creation". While under the water, the person enters a state of "rebirth". He/she becomes a new creation, cleared from all impurities. that seems a little weird and uncomfy... yea.. ::passes out cookies since everyone is using a bunch of noggin power:: if it makes you feel any better, it says the same thing about waking up in the morning. (or something very similar) o.0 we wake up in the fetal position.. wow.. I'm always just sprawled out like some blob or something. lol my husband is going to hate me. :evil laugh: no...the thing about "new creation"... ohhh I got it now ::high five::
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