Actually, couples must refrain from sex (and with the very Orthodox, they can't even share a bed or even touch each other) for TWO weeks every month, not just when she is menstruating. It is seven days from the beginning of the menstruation, and then another seven days--and then the woman must first go to the ritual bathing (mikveh) before they can touch each other/have sex again. And isn't it interesting--the end of the two-week sex drought arrives exactly when a woman is ovulating.
Love your.article, simple, wise solution to the routine of life.....Shabbath !......we start by lightning the shabbat candles on Friday.....and on shabbath rest, have a good meal and conversation with family and friends.....
Actually, couples must refrain from sex (and with the very Orthodox, they can't even share a bed or even touch each other) for TWO weeks every month, not just when she is menstruating. It is seven days from the beginning of the menstruation, and then another seven days--and then the woman must first go to the ritual bathing (mikveh) before they can touch each other/have sex again. And isn't it interesting--the end of the two-week sex drought arrives exactly when a woman is ovulating.
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Love your.article, simple, wise solution to the routine of life.....Shabbath !......we start by lightning the shabbat candles on Friday.....and on shabbath rest, have a good meal and conversation with family and friends.....
Great article. Also, isn't it true that the Zohar offers good advice about intimacy between husband and wife?