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Yeshivish glossary term

eid bedikah

עד בדיקה

Meaning

  • cloth used for a bedikah examination
  • bedikah cloth

Alternate spellings

ed bedikah, bedikah cloth, taharah cloth

Usage and context

Eid or ed literally means witness. As a standalone transliteration it is ambiguous outside this context.

Category
family purity - taharah process
Language origin
Hebrew

Example in Yeshivish

She used a clean eid bedikah.

Plain-English example

She used a clean white cloth designated for the halachic examination.