How critical is keeping Kosher in diet to being a good Jew?

[35340]

@zev_steinhardt

Sincere repentence has the following components:

(1) Regret for having done the sin
(2) Verbal confession of the sin (to God)
(3) Resolving not to commit that sin again
(4) (Assuming the sin was against a fellow man) Making restitution and/or asking forgivness.

#4 doesn’t apply in this case. However, you would still need #1 - 3.

unless it was Long Pork …

I always figured the restriction against eating pork was to cut out cannibalisim.

[gonzoron]

@zev_steinhardt

No. Having sex with one’s wife during her menstruation is a sin. However, the method of repentence for this sin is the same as for any other. Simply follow the steps I outlined above.

I think he may DrDeth may be thinking of the imersion in a mikvah following her period.

[zev_steinhardt]

@gonzoron

I think he may DrDeth may be thinking of the imersion in a mikvah following her period.

I don’t think so for two reasons:

(1) The concept that a woman having her period is sinful is ludicrous.
(2) She goes to the mikvah afterwards whether or not she’s had relations during that time period.

Zev Steinhardt

[DrDeth]

Iwas thinking of some sort of “bath”? which needs to be rainwater? and has to do with a womans period. Not that having a period is sinful, I knew that, but I knew it was a sin to have sex then.

So- this “mikva” "purifies’ the woman after her period- so then sex is OK?

And the *“kashering” * the dishes so that eating off them isn’t a sin? ;j

[zev_steinhardt]

@DrDeth

Iwas thinking of some sort of “bath”? which needs to be rainwater? and has to do with a womans period. Not that having a period is sinful, I knew that, but I knew it was a sin to have sex then.

So- this “mikva” "purifies’ the woman after her period- so then sex is OK?

“Purifies” is really a bad word to use in this instance, but since I don’t have a better one, I suppose it will have to do.

In short, under Jewish law, from the onset of a woman’s period until seven days afterwards, one may not have intimate relations with one’s wife. After seven clean (non-bleeding) days, the woman immerses in the mikva whereupon relations are permitted again until the onset of the next period.

And the *“kashering” * the dishes so that eating off them isn’t a sin? ;j

As I stated above, using non-kosher dishes may result in traces of non-kosher food being imparted to the kosher food on the plate, rendering it non-kosher. Kashering dishes removes the trace non-kosher food from them.

Zev Steinhardt

[gonzoron]

@zev_steinhardt

I don’t think so for two reasons:

(1) The concept that a woman having her period is sinful is ludicrous.
(2) She goes to the mikvah afterwards whether or not she’s had relations during that time period.

Understood, but I thought, apparently correctly, that he was confusing two different issues. As you said, a woman’s monthly mikvah visit isn’t about removing sin, but hearing about a “ritual cleansing” apparently caused DrDeth’s confusion.