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# When a woman is a niddah the husband may not see areas of her body that are usually covered. The definition of what he usually sees uncovered depends on what she would normally wear at home with no one else besides her husband. It is permitted for him to see her hair uncovered when she is a niddah.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 2:75, Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 165</ref> | # When a woman is a niddah the husband may not see areas of her body that are usually covered. The definition of what he usually sees uncovered depends on what she would normally wear at home with no one else besides her husband. It is permitted for him to see her hair uncovered when she is a niddah.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 2:75, Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 165</ref> | ||
## A woman doesn’t need to cover her hair inside her house when just her family is around when she’s a niddah<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 2:75, Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 165</ref>, others disagree.<ref>Shiurei Shevet Halevi 195:7:2</ref> | ## A woman doesn’t need to cover her hair inside her house when just her family is around when she’s a niddah<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 2:75, Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 165</ref>, others disagree.<ref>Shiurei Shevet Halevi 195:7:2</ref> | ||
# A husband may be present with his wife in the delivery room when his wife is giving birth if his presence helps calm her down but he can't look at his wife when she's actually giving birth. <ref> Rabbi Mordechai Willig ([http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/877217/rabbi-mordechai-i-willig/niddah-shiur-126-harchakot-sitting-on-same-bench-taking-trip-together-separation-between-beds-singing-what-she-can-wear-in-private/ Niddah Shiur 126 (min. 52-3]), Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 167, Taharat Yosef 3:38. Shiurei | # A husband may be present with his wife in the delivery room when his wife is giving birth if his presence helps calm her down but he can't look at his wife when she's actually giving birth. <ref> Rabbi Mordechai Willig ([http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/877217/rabbi-mordechai-i-willig/niddah-shiur-126-harchakot-sitting-on-same-bench-taking-trip-together-separation-between-beds-singing-what-she-can-wear-in-private/ Niddah Shiur 126 (min. 52-3]), Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 167, Taharat Yosef 3:38. Shiurei Shevet Halevi 195:7:3, however, is strict for the husband to even be present in the room when she's giving birth. </ref> | ||
# A man may not look at the clothes of another woman who he knows even if she is not wearing them so that one doesn't come to improper thoughts.<ref>Gemara Avoda Zara 20b, Rambam (Isurei Biyah 21:21), Shulchan Aruch EH 21:1</ref> However, he can look at his wife's clothes even when she is a nidda and even if she is wearing them. <ref> Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 166, Taharat Yosef 3:39, Badei Hashulchan (Biurim 195:7) </ref> | # A man may not look at the clothes of another woman who he knows even if she is not wearing them so that one doesn't come to improper thoughts.<ref>Gemara Avoda Zara 20b, Rambam (Isurei Biyah 21:21), Shulchan Aruch EH 21:1</ref> However, he can look at his wife's clothes even when she is a nidda and even if she is wearing them. <ref> Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 166, Taharat Yosef 3:39, Badei Hashulchan (Biurim 195:7) </ref> | ||
