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by Tamar Fox, January 29, 2008
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There are all kinds of kinky things going on in Orthodox bedrooms (see Calm Kallahs and the Frumsex messageboards for proof) but no one is having sex through a hole in the sheet.
Talit Katan: not lingerie
This rumor seems to have come from people looking at Orthodox Jews and their hardcore commitment to modesty and assuming that even during sex they’d insist on keeping everything covered up. But in fact, according to halacha you’re not allowed to have sex wearing any clothes at all, or anything that serves as a barrier between you and your partner (condoms are out).
Specifically, the hole-in-the-sheet things may have come from people seeing Jews in religious neighborhoods hanging their "talitot katan" out to dry. This poncho-like garment is about two feet by four feet, has a fringe on each corner, and a hole in the center for the wearer's head, and it looks somewhat like a small sheet with a hole. So, if you have a dirty mind, you might look at it and assume it’s some kind of uber-modest lingerie. But it’s not.
Actually, the rabbis have a pretty laissez fair attitude about what we do in bed, with the basic rule being that ejaculation has to happen inside the vagina (though some rabbis are even lenient about that).
Check out Snopes, and WorldNetDaily for more on this myth.
Previously: Blood Libel
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Tamar Fox has an MFA from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, but she still doesn't like sweet tea. Born and raised in Chicago, she's also lived in Iowa City, Dublin, Oxford, and Jerusalem. When she's not rocking out at honky tonks she teaches More... |
ravads
NOW you tell me!
Thanks for clearing this up. I'll post the sheets with the holes in 'em on Ebay now!
Gil
You might want to be a bit
You might want to be a bit clearer about who you mean when you say "the rabbis" :-p
fragrantshotwater@yahoo.com
wrong
It is a real practice. Jews who don't use the Zeikufska are committing a horrible act. To say it is a hole in a sheet is also wrong. It is a quilt made by the women and girls of the man's family. It is a patchwork quilt made up of the undergarments of the children under the age of thirteen.