In Jewish tradition, a cloth used for checking certain conditions during menstrual ritual purity observance.
From Hebrew 'bedikah' (בדיקה), meaning 'examination' or 'checking,' a term from Jewish halakha (religious law) that appears in English texts discussing Jewish religious practice.
The bedikah shows how religious practices create very specific vocabulary—it's a word most English speakers never encounter unless they study Jewish law, yet it's been part of English-language Jewish texts for centuries.
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