Family Purity

Should any physical contact that is friendly be considered intimate? Hopefully, it should.

Question: For years, I thought that visiting the mikvah was such a beautiful and spiritual, uniquely feminine mitzvah designed to connect women with G‑d. That was before I was married... I have now come to think that this is not at all a mitzvah for ...

As per Family Purity guidelines, after menstruation, husband and wife abstain from marital relations until the woman goes to a mikvah. This brings G‑d into a marriage. By following G‑d's commandments – and not simply "doing what comes naturally" whenever ...

Question: I've read that one of the reasons behind the mitzvah of Family Purity is to prevent apathy from creeping into a marriage—the monthly period of separation constantly infusing renewed passion into the relationship. But what happens when a woman ...