Judaism and sexuality

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biblical daughter of David

A niddah (alternative forms: nidda, nida, or nidah; nidá), in traditional Judaism, is a woman who has experienced a uterine discharge of blood (most commonly during menstruation), or a woman who has menstruated and not yet completed the associated requirement of immersion in a mikveh (ritual bath).

Tzniut ( , , ; "modesty" or "privacy"; ) describes the character trait of modesty and discretion, as well as a group of Jewish laws pertaining to conduct. The concept is most important within Orthodox Judaism.

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Perspective of Judaism regarding marriage

American Orthodox rabbi and writer

overview of ritual washing in Judaism

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thumb|300px|The Biblical story about Joseph (son of Jacob)|Joseph and [[Potiphar's wife is an example of the risks with yichud.]] In Jewish religious law (halakha), the laws of yichud () prohibit seclusion in a private area of a man and a woman who are not married to each other. Such seclusion is prohibited out of fear that sexual intercourse or other, lesser acts may occur. A person who is present in order to prevent yichud is called a shomer.

religious modesty vigilantes in Israel

Negiah (), literally "touch", is the concept in Jewish law (Halakha) that forbids or restricts sensual physical contact with a member of the opposite sex except for one's spouse and certain close relatives to whom one is presumed not to have sexual attraction. A person who abides by this halakha is colloquially described as a ("one observant of ").

forbidden intimate relationships