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Relations Motza’ei Tishah B’Av

What is the law of having relations motzei tisha bav? I understand that we are to keep laws of niddah the night/day of – but as we observe the laws till the next morning, do we contimue keeping the law of nidda?
Thank you.

Nine Days: Mikveh & relations

1) Is it permitted to go to the mikvah during the 9 days?
2) Is it permitted to have marital relations all the days of the 9 days with the exception of tisha b'av?
3) If I am trying to get pregnant and I expect to ovulate on/around tisha b'av am...

Pregnant on Tisha B’Av

I have read all over the internet, ie., aish, chabad and other websites that say that pregnant women should fast on Tisha B’Av. Is that the case for all women? I am in the 31st week now and I will be in week 33 by then. I am concerned about going in...

Pills on Yom Kippur

Is it permissible to take a birth control pill on Yom Kippur, if it can be swallowed without water? If not, what do you recommend?
Thank you

KY Jelly on Shabbat

Is KY jelly also not permitted to smear on shabbos, as cream?

Mikveh second night of yom tov

If my schedule sticks I will be going to the mikvah on Saturday night, the last yom tov night of Pesach. I am used to preparing on Fridays for Saturday night trips to the mikvah – but usually I can go over things on Saturday night. How does it work ...

Taanit Esther

Is a pregnant woman required to fast on minor fast days such as Taanis Esther?

Kashrut of prenatal vitamins

This is not directly a niddah question, but I would appreciate if you could give me an answer. Out of curiosity, I was looking at my prenatal vitamins to see if they contain anything that could be chametz. I noticed that they actually contain gelatin. Is ...

Lubricant on Shabbat

As I am older, I have gotten 'dry', and sexual intercourse has become somewhat difficult. I was thinking of using a cream, but I was concerned about this on Shabbat. Is it permissible to squeeze a tube of cream for this use on Shabbat?

Pumping on Shabbat or Yom Tov

Are you allowed to pump breastmilk on shabbos? Manual? Electric if it's on before shabbos and stays on until shabbos ends?

Relations on Rosh Hashanah

Thank you for your wonderful site. I know that you are not supposed to have marital relations on Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av, but someone recently told me that it is also not recommended to have relations on Rosh Hashana unless you go to the mikvah, is this...

Three-day yom tov & makeup

My mikva night is the coming Fri. night, immediately after Rosh Hashana.
I understand that all my preparations are to be done before Yom Tov.
Can I put on any makeup for Yom Tov (either before, or else make-up powder permissible on Yom Tov) and ...

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