bedikah

Checking for leaven

Bedikah is a Jewish religious inspection or examination.

Most commonly it refers to the self-examination a woman performs to determine whether menstrual bleeding has ceased, using a white cloth to check for any discharge before resuming physical intimacy with her spouse.

The term also applies to the inspection of a slaughtered animal's organs to ensure it is kosher: The rabbi performed the bedikah before approving the meat.

inspection

examination

Methodical assessment or review

chametz · Passover · leaven · candlelight · feather · corners · crevices · nullification · ritual · halacha

niddah

mikveh

Jewish purification immersion pool

white · staining · seven · counting · rabbi · halacha · marriage · intimacy · cycle · menstruation

Categories
Opposites
intentionality of inspection

bedikahneglect

Failure to provide care

ignoring · oversight · disregard · inattention · willful blindness

religious observance

bedikahviolation

Breaking of rules

desecration

Familiarity
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