Quiz — הלכות איסורי ביאה פרק י״ח

Question 1

Which renders a woman a halachic zonah?

Relations with a gentile render a woman a zonah. Relations with an unmarried Jewish man do not trigger this status.

Question 2

Status of a kohen's wife who was raped?

The wife of a kohen who is raped becomes forbidden to her husband. He receives lashes if he continues relations.

Question 3

On what principle is a captive woman's own claim of purity accepted?

Since we only suspect her based on her own disclosure of captivity, her claim of purity in that same statement is accepted.

Question 4

A city was besieged with no escape. What is presumed about the women?

When all exits were blocked, all women are presumed defiled and forbidden to the priesthood.

Question 5

If one hiding place existed during a siege, how does this affect all the women?

Even one escape route grants every woman a miggo — one possibility saves the entire community.

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