Table of Contents

Foreword to the newly Revised Edition
Preface
Introduction
    Chapter I
Nidah
Bleeding
The color of the blood
If a stain is found
Feeling of the opening of the womb
Bleeding during intercourse
Attention
    Chapter 2

Donning the white and examination at the       start of the clean days

The day of donning white
The examination and its proper time
The manner of the examination
If she had bleeding on that day
Donning the white on Shabbos or Yom Tov
    Chapter 3
The seven "clean days”
Beginning of the seven 'clean days"
The important rule to remember
The day of the Ritual Immersion
Examination during all the clean days
If she found herself unclean during the seven clean days
If she found a stain during the clean days
If she wears a womb ring
    Chapter 4
Preparations for the Tviloh
Ritual Immersion
Regulations for the preparation day
Preparing for the Tviloh
The bathing before the Tviloh
Removing false teeth, bandages, etc
Peeling skin and hard scabs
Time of the bath
If she could take the bath only at night
If the Tviloh occurs on Shabbos or Yom Tov
If the Tviloh occurs on Saturday night or on the night following a Yom Tov

If the Tviloh occurs on the second night of a YomTov

Removing corns and calluses
    Chapter 5
Laws regarding Tviloh Mikvah
What is meant by Tviloh in the Mikvah
The elderly woman
The time of Tviloh
The manner of Tviloh
The Brachah (Blessing)
If the help of another woman is needed for immersion
If shaalos (questions) come about after the Tviloh
If the Tviloh would have been on Yom Kippur or Tisha B'av
When is the Tviloh permitted in the daytime
Prohibition of birth control
    Chapter 6
Laws relating to a Bride
An appeal from a Jewish mother
The duty of the bride
When may the bride don the white
If the wedding was postponed during or after the clean days
When may the bride perform the Tviloh

If the Tviloh takes place after the wedding day

Setting the wedding date
Separation after the first intimacy and donning the white afterwards
Attention
    Chapter 7
The laws of purity after childbirth
If she feels labor pains
After childbirth or miscarriage
The time of Tviloh after childbirth
    Chapter 8
Rules of separation
Details of the complete separation
The beds
Travel
Food
During the meal
If one of them is sick
   Chapter 9
Separation before the expected period
Prohibition of contact before the expected period
Order of the Hebrew months
Attention
The three main rules of periods
A. The Monthly Rule
B. The Interval Rule
C. The Median Rule
Physical symptoms before the period
Regular Period
Irregular Period
Examination at the time of the expected period
How to figure the periods until a regular period is established
How a regular period is annulled
A woman during her pregnancy and lactation
Glossary
Calculating the three major rules
Calendar of the Hebrew Months
Appendix A
Appendix B
Records of Periods

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