Mitzvah #454 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Observe the laws of menstrual impurity“
Scripture Reference: LEV 15:19 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Metzorah)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יט וְאִשָּׁה כִּי-תִהְיֶה זָבָה, דָּם יִהְיֶה זֹבָהּ בִּבְשָׂרָהּ--שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תִּהְיֶה בְנִדָּתָהּ, וְכָל-הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּהּ יִטְמָא עַד-הָעָרֶב.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
19 Καὶ γυνή, ἥτις ἐὰν ᾖ ῥέουσα αἵματι, ἔσται ἡ ῥύσις αὐτῆς ἐν τῷ σώματι αὐτῆς, ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἀφέδρῳ αὐτῆς· πᾶς ὁ ἁπτόμενος αὐτῆς ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας,
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Metzorah
Sefer HaChinuch Number #181
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Ritual Purity (Buch 10)
Section: Uncleanness of a Bed or Seat
Systematic Category (P119f) Ritual Purity and Impurity
