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Halachic sources on physical contact between husband and wife on Yom Kippur: from Taz, Magen Avraham, and Agudah to modern practice and meaning.

Is it permissible for a couple to have marital relations on Rosh Hashanah when it coincides with the wife’s leil tevilah? This responsum reviews classic sources—from the Magen Avraham, Mishnah Berurah, and Yaavetz—and explains why, in practice, the mitzvah of intimacy on the night of immersion overrides the custom of abstinence.

"I prepare for this night after a long period of physical distance, but we often find specifically this night to be challenging..."

The gemara in Niddah 17a reads: Rav Hisda says: One should not have intercourse during the day, as it is stated: “And you shall love your...

Many men misunderstand the need for female masturbation. Some men feel female masturbation threatens their masculinity...