niddah

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Pronunciations

niddah (NEE-duh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Menstrual impurity; often used to refer to the entire body of Jewish law surrounding the practice of abstaining from intercourse during the menstrual cycle.

  • n. A woman who is menstruating.

Example Sentences

  • "I learned about niddah in my kallah class."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH נידה nidá > Y נידה nide

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      nidah, nidda, nida

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