Chapter 197 – Purification, Shrouds, and Utilization of Anything Belonging to the Dead

155.1) A woman should separate herself from her husband the day before her flow begins (an onah “either a day or a night”). 155.2) Some define an onah as twenty-four hours. 155.3) A woman who has a thirty-day, intervening period between menstruations is considered to have regular menstruations. 155.4) When a woman perceives blood, she…

203.1) Observe the rite of mourning for fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and married sisters, wives, and husbands. 203.2) Observe partial mourning for other relatives. 203.3) For a child who died within thirty days from its birth, you need not rend your garments. 203.4) For twins, if one dies within the thirty days and…

167.1) Do not derive any profit from idols. 167.2) The law of annulment applies to idols, their appurtenances, and their ornaments. 167.3) You may derive benefit from candles that have been lit in front of an idol. 167.4) Some believe vestments of priests must be annulled. 167.5) Do not look at idols and their ornaments….

184.1) Do not strike your fellow man. 184.2) Do not strike even a disobedient servant. 184.3) Do not throw broken glass any place where it may cause harm to another. 184.5) Do not do anything on your own premise or on public property that may cause harm to another. 184.6) Do not scare another. 184.7)…

187.1) Return a found article to its owner. 187.2) You are not required to return a found article found in a mostly non-Jewish environment. 187.3) Do not touch an article belonging to another that has obviously been placed somewhere temporarily. 187.4) If you find an old, paltry article, you are not required to return it….

158.1  ) After giving birth, a woman is unclean. For length of uncleanness, see the source. 158.2) A husband must separate from his wife on the forty-first night after the birth of a male ,and on the eighty-first night after the birth of a female. 158.3) If a woman has a miscarriage, she should respond…