add ​Taharat HaMishpacha (טהרת המשפחה)

D David Veksler · 1 year ago 7f90d029fb91646bc32b2c527eb16b5048fc09d2
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     <h2 class="section-title">Rituals & Festivals</h2>
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                         <li><strong>Coming of Age:</strong>
                             <ul><li><em>Bar Mitzvah ('Son of the Commandment'):</em> Boy reaches religious maturity at age 13. Becomes responsible for observing mitzvot. Often marked by being called up to the Torah (<em>aliyah</em>), chanting Haftarah/Torah portion, giving a speech (<em>d'var Torah</em>), and celebratory meal.</li><li><em>Bat Mitzvah ('Daughter of the Commandment'):</em> Girl reaches religious maturity at age 12 (traditionally; sometimes 13 in liberal movements). Observance evolved in 20th C. Can range from synagogue service participation similar to Bar Mitzvah (non-Orthodox) to special classes, projects, or celebrations (Orthodox).</li></ul></li>
                         <li><strong>Marriage (<em>Nissuin / Kiddushin</em>):</strong>
-                            <ul><li><em>Process:</em> Engagement (<em>Erusin</em> - historically separate, now often combined with wedding), Ketubah signing, ceremony under Chuppah, blessings, ring exchange, Sheva Brachot, breaking glass.</li><li><em>Ketubah (Marriage Contract):</em> Aramaic document outlining husband's obligations to wife; signed by witnesses.</li><li><em>Chuppah (Canopy):</em> Symbolizes the new home being established.</li><li><em>Sheva Brachot (Seven Blessings):</em> Recited over wine, praising God and blessing the couple.</li><li><em>Breaking the Glass:</em> Concludes ceremony. Symbolizes mourning Temple destruction even amid joy, fragility of life/relationships, taming passion.</li></ul></li>
+                            <ul><li><em>Process:</em> Engagement (<em>Erusin</em> - historically separate, now often combined with wedding), Ketubah signing, ceremony under Chuppah, blessings, ring exchange, Sheva Brachot, breaking glass.</li><li><em>Ketubah (Marriage Contract):</em> Aramaic document outlining husband's obligations to wife; signed by witnesses.</li><li><em>Chuppah (Canopy):</em> Symbolizes the new home being established.</li><li><em>Sheva Brachot (Seven Blessings):</em> Recited over wine, praising God and blessing the couple.</li><li><em>Breaking the Glass:</em> Concludes ceremony. Symbolizes mourning Temple destruction even amid joy, fragility of life/relationships, taming passion.</li>
+                            <li>Central to traditional married life are the laws of <span class='toggle-term'><span class='en'>Family Purity</span><span class='he'>טהרת המשפחה</span></span> (<span class='toggle-term'><span class='en'>Taharat HaMishpacha</span><span class='he'>טהרת המשפחה</span></span>), involving periods of physical separation between husband and wife during and after menstruation (<span class='toggle-term'><span class='en'>Niddah</span><span class='he'>נִדָּה</span></span>), culminating in the wife's immersion in a ritual bath (<span class='toggle-term'><span class='en'>Mikveh</span><span class='he'>מִקְוֶה</span></span>) before resuming intimacy. Seen as sanctifying the marital relationship.</li></ul></li>
                         <li><strong>Death & Mourning (<em>Aveilut</em>):</strong> Structured process guiding mourners through grief, emphasizing respect for the dead (*Kavod HaMet*) and support for the living.
                             <ul><li><em>Pre-Burial (Aninut):</em> Period between death and burial. Mourner focuses on funeral arrangements, exempt from most positive mitzvot.</li><li><em>Burial (Kevurah):</em> Happens quickly, often within 24-48 hours. Simple wooden casket, body washed/dressed in shrouds (*Tachrichim*) by Chevra Kadisha. Eulogy (*Hesped*).</li><li><em>Shiva ('Seven'):</em> 7-day period starting after burial. Primary mourners stay home, receive visitors offering comfort ('May God comfort you among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem'), sit on low stools, cover mirrors, hold prayer services at home.</li><li><em>Shloshim ('Thirty'):</em> 30-day period (including Shiva). Mourners avoid celebrations, haircuts; gradually resume normal activities.</li><li><em>Year of Mourning (Shneim Asar Chodesh):</em> For mourning a parent. Fewer restrictions; Mourner's Kaddish recited regularly.</li><li><em>Yahrzeit (Anniversary):</em> Annual remembrance of death date. Light memorial candle, recite Kaddish, may visit grave, study Torah.</li><li><em>Yizkor ('Remembrance'):</em> Memorial prayers recited in synagogue on certain festivals (Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, last day Pesach, Shavuot).</li></ul></li></ul>
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