Niddah

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 314 words | Copyright

Niddah (Heb., ‘menstruating woman’). The Jewish laws relating to menstruating women. Seventh tractate of the order Tohorot of the Mishnah. The laws are numerous and complicated, but are considered essential to a pure family life. The Reform movement has rejected the laws of Niddah in their entirety.

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