{"id":2210,"date":"2008-02-10T09:05:15","date_gmt":"2008-02-10T17:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2008-02-10T18:16:29","modified_gmt":"2008-02-11T02:16:29","slug":"chief-rabbi-prohibits-single-women-from-going-to-mikve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2210","title":{"rendered":"Chief rabbi prohibits single women from going to mikve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew Wagner writes for The Jerusalem Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In an attempt to stem a trend of quasi-condoned premarital sex among young modern Orthodox men and women, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger has issued a prohibition against allowing single women to use mikvaot <\/em>(ritual baths).<\/p>\n

In a letter dated January 24 and addressed to the rabbis of the Land of Israel, Metzger warns of a trend in which young modern Orthodox men and women use mikvaot to circumvent one of the severest prohibitions connected with sexual intercourse.<\/p>\n

"It is absolutely prohibited to allow a single woman to immerse herself in a mikve," wrote Metzger. "And it is an obligation to prevent her from doing so."<\/p>\n

Metzger also advised that ritual bath attendants should be told to prevent single women from immersing themselves.<\/p>\n

Jewish law proscribes sexual relations with a woman during and after menstruation until she immerses herself in a mikve. This prohibition is known as nidda<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, only married women have been permitted to remove the prohibition of nidda via a mikve, so they can have sexual relations with their husbands.<\/p>\n

In contrast, single women have traditionally been prevented from using a mikve because it would, in theory, remove the main prohibition against sexual intercourse.<\/p>\n

There is no Biblical prohibition against a male and a female having sexual intercourse once the obstacle of nidda has been removed.<\/p>\n

There is, however, a less stringent rabbinic injunction against premarital sex.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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