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===Wearing White=== | ===Wearing White=== | ||
# During the shiva nekiyim a woman should wear white undergarments.<ref>Rama 196:3 writes that the minhag is that a woman should wear white garments when she is in shiva nekiyim, unless she is on the road and doesn't have white garments and then she can war any clothes are that are clean and checked from ketamim. The Gra 196:10 cites the source for wearing white during shiva nekiyim from the gemara Shabbat 13b. Shulchan Aruch 196:3 only mentions wearing clean clothes and sheets and not whites. Rav Ovadia Yosef in Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 293 writes that essentially the actual strict law only requires wearing clothing that are clean from ketamim and the minhag is to wear whites. Orot Hatahara p. .306 writes that Sephardim have a minhag to wear white undergarments even though the strict halacha only requires them to be clean from ketamim.</ref> | # During the shiva nekiyim a woman should wear white undergarments.<ref>Rama 196:3 writes that the minhag is that a woman should wear white garments when she is in shiva nekiyim, unless she is on the road and doesn't have white garments and then she can war any clothes are that are clean and checked from ketamim. The Gra 196:10 cites the source for wearing white during shiva nekiyim from the gemara Shabbat 13b. Shulchan Aruch 196:3 only mentions wearing clean clothes and sheets and not whites. Rav Ovadia Yosef in Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 293 writes that essentially the actual strict law only requires wearing clothing that are clean from ketamim and the minhag is to wear whites. Orot Hatahara p. .306 writes that Sephardim have a minhag to wear white undergarments even though the strict halacha only requires them to be clean from ketamim.</ref> | ||
# Although the strict halacha is that it is sufficient to use clean bedsheets during shiva nekiyim, many poskim say that the minhag is to use only white sheets. Some hold that this isn't necessary today.<ref>The Mordechai (Shavuot no. 737) writes that during shiva nekiyim a woman should use white or clean sheets and this is quoted in Shulchan Aruch 196:3. The Badei Hashulchan s.v. ubalayla writes that the minhag is to use white clean sheets during shiva nekiyim even though he writes that it seems unnecessary if she's wearing tight undergarments. | # Although the strict halacha is that it is sufficient to use clean bedsheets during shiva nekiyim, many poskim say that the minhag is to use only white sheets. Some hold that this isn't necessary today.<ref>The Mordechai (Shavuot no. 737) writes that during shiva nekiyim a woman should use white or clean sheets and this is quoted in Shulchan Aruch 196:3. The Badei Hashulchan s.v. ubalayla writes that the minhag is to use white clean sheets during shiva nekiyim even though he writes that it seems unnecessary if she's wearing tight undergarments. Shiurei Shevet Halevi p. 284 agrees that it isn't necessary but it is the minhag. | ||
* Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 292 writes that a woman should use white clean sheets during shiva nekiyim, though in the notes he points out that according to Shulchan Aruch it is only necessary to have clean sheets. Orot Hatahara p. 306 also notes that for Sephardim it doesn't seem necessary to have white sheets. Aruch Hashulchan 196:22 implies that there's no need to use whites. Igrot Moshe 4:17:27 writes that it is proper to only use white sheets during shiva nekiyim since undergarments aren't uniform and it might also depend on the position the woman is in. The Laws of Niddah v.2 p. 215 quotes Rav Moshe and concludes that woman should use white sheets during shiva nekiyim. | * Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 292 writes that a woman should use white clean sheets during shiva nekiyim, though in the notes he points out that according to Shulchan Aruch it is only necessary to have clean sheets. Orot Hatahara p. 306 also notes that for Sephardim it doesn't seem necessary to have white sheets. Aruch Hashulchan 196:22 implies that there's no need to use whites. Igrot Moshe 4:17:27 writes that it is proper to only use white sheets during shiva nekiyim since undergarments aren't uniform and it might also depend on the position the woman is in. The Laws of Niddah v.2 p. 215 quotes Rav Moshe and concludes that woman should use white sheets during shiva nekiyim. | ||
* Rabbi Mordechai Willig ([http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/863049/rabbi-mordechai-i-willig/niddah-shiur-12-shivah-nekiim/ Niddah Shiur 12]) holds that a woman shouldn't use white sheets during shiva nekiyim since she might forgot to change them when she's tahor and it'll cause issues.</ref> | * Rabbi Mordechai Willig ([http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/863049/rabbi-mordechai-i-willig/niddah-shiur-12-shivah-nekiim/ Niddah Shiur 12]) holds that a woman shouldn't use white sheets during shiva nekiyim since she might forgot to change them when she's tahor and it'll cause issues.</ref> | ||
===Bedikot=== | ===Bedikot=== | ||
# On each day of the shiva nekiyim a woman should do a bedika once in the morning and once in the afternoon before nightfall. <ref>S”A 196:4. | # On each day of the shiva nekiyim a woman should do a bedika once in the morning and once in the afternoon before nightfall. <ref>S”A 196:4. | ||
