Niddah at childbirth | Sheilot

Niddah at childbirth

Question

From when does a woman become ritually impure as a niddah and forbidden to her husband during childbirth?

Answer

Shalom u’vracha 

Or when there is uterine bleeding. 

Or when there is dilation of about 4 cm. 

Or when there is significant breaking of the waters. 

Answered 15 December 2025 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
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