Marital Intimacy Archives - Nishmat Yoatzot Halacha

Washing after relations on Shabbat

Thank you so much for this resource. I know it is a mitzvah to be intimate Friday night, and my husband and I would like to be intimate at that time, but I don't like the feeling of not being able to properly clean myself until Motzei Shabbos. What are Ha...

Picture with biblical verse in bedroom

Is it allowed to have a painting with a biblical verse, without God's name, in the bedroom during intercourse? Thank you so much!!

Intimacy while family sits shivah

This is a Hashkafah question. I realize halachically per se there is no problem.
Unfortunately my aunt was niftar. My uncle and cousins are sitting shiva by my parents' house. We live in a basement apartment in my parents' house, so we feel my uncle...

Lubricant on Pesach

I am menopausal and need lubrication help to have relations. My husband and I use an item called Astroglide. Can we use this on Passover? It contains glycol.
If not, can you suggest a personal lubricant that can be used on Passover?

Bleeding after relations postpartum

I am 6 weeks postpartum. I just went to the mikvah last night. After relations with my husband, I saw that I was bleeding slightly. I saw blood both on toilet paper and then on a pantyliner the next morning, and some later that day (on a pantyliner as wel...

Holiness and marital relations

I am a marriage and family therapist and a life coach working mainly with religious women. I have been getting the same question over and over again: when sleeping with my husband I have a hard time enjoying relations and being fulfilled when I need to ha...

Male genital bleeding

Hi,
My husband has prostatitis which causes him to bleed with ejaculation. Is there any problem with us having intercourse as the blood is from him? Please advise.
Thanks.

Easing into intimacy postpartum

I just came back from the mikvah after having a baby and waiting over a year and half to be with my husband. I couldn't have sex while I was pregnant and then had problems becoming tahor after the baby until now (she's almost 5 months::) I knew my husband...

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