Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim · Siman 615

Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim 615 — English translation

Translation: Hilkhot Yom ha-Kippurim, trans. by Jan M. Brahms. HUC, 1976. Section numbers match the Hebrew text above.

1. 1“It is forbidden to have sexual intercourse on Yom Kippur” - Containing two paragraphs. It is forbidden to have sexual intercourse on Yom Kippur and it is forbidden to touch one’s wife, (see footnote 33.): 615:1 - "His wife": It is forbidden (for him) to touch (her, his wife) also during the day (not only at night) and he should also not talk to her too much ( Shenei Luḥot ha-Berit , של״ה , see footnote 20a.). And in the Maharil , מהרי״ל , (see footnote 8), the meaning is that one is to treat her (one's wife) according to all the laws of niddah (sexual impurity due to menstruation). as if she were in her menstrual period, and so it is forbidden to sleep with one’s wife in (the same) bed (even without intercourse).
2. 2One who sees a nightly pollution on the night of Yom Kippur, he should worry the whole year, but if a year has passed, he is assured that he will (have a place) in the world to come.

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