Question: How long should a Jewish couple wait to have sex following menstruation?
Dear Rabbi,
I am Sephardic by birth. My fiancé is Ashkenazi. We would like to know if there is a difference between the Sephardic custom and the Ashkenazic custom with regard to the waiting period until a married couple can have sex after the beginning of a niddah (monthly period).
Thanks, Sara
Answer: Some Sefardim have the custom of waiting four days, before counting the seven clean days. However, Ashkenazim wait five days before counting in the evening (of the fifth day) the seven clean days - (source: "Code of Jewish Law" Y.D. 196:11; "Yabia Omer" by R' O. Yosef, I Y.D. 15).
The customs should be as the husband is used to, both with regard to leniencies and stringencies - (source: "Igrot Moshe" by R' M. Feinstein, O.C. I 158).
With blessings from Jerusalem,
Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Aish.com
The customs should be as the husband is used to, both with regard to leniencies and stringencies - (source: "Igrot Moshe" by R' M. Feinstein, O.C. I 158).
With blessings from Jerusalem,
Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Aish.com
