Son of a menstruant / child of a woman not observing niddah laws

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Son of a menstruant / child of a woman not observing niddah laws

Son of a menstruant / child of a woman not observing niddah laws

Figuratively: a child born to a mother who does not observe the laws of niddah.

("Once the elders were sitting at the gate, and two infants passed before them, one covered his head and one uncovered his head; the one who uncovered his head, Rabbi Eliezer says is a mamzer, Rabbi Yehoshua says is a son of a menstruant" – Minor Tractates, Tractate Kallah, Chapter 1)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֶּן הַנִּדָּה

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: יֶלֶד שֶׁנּוֹלַד לְאֵם שֶׁאֵינָהּ שׁוֹמֶרֶת עַל הִלְכוֹת נִדָּה.

("פַּעַם אַחַת הָיוּ זְקֵנִים יוֹשְׁבִים בַּשַּׁעַר, וְעָבְרוּ לִפְנֵיהֶם שְׁנֵי תִּינוֹקוֹת, אֶחָד כִּסָּה אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ וְאֶחָד גִּלָּה אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ, זֶה שֶׁגִּלָּה אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ, ר' אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר מַמְזֵר, ר' יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר בֶּן הַנִּדָּה"- מַסֶּכְתּוֹת קְטַנּוֹת מַסֶּכֶת כַּלָּה פֶּרֶק א)

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