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Waiting between hefsek attempts

I was doing my hefsek taharah ten minutes before sunset. The first bedikah wasn't good. I waited one minute, and did another bedikah, which was fine. Is that acceptable? Is there a certain amount of time one must wait halachically before doing a second be...

Personal call to avoid halachic infertility

Dear Yoetzet,
My letter is more of a cry from the heart than a question. I want to share my personal story and make a point to help others avoid what I went through.
For the past seven years my periods have been getting steadily shorter with ovu...

Difference between hefsek and moch

What is the difference between a hefsek tahara and a moch dachuk?
Do you take the bedika cloth out before sunset? And if you take it out after sunset do you lose that day?

Moch but no hefsek

I did a moch between skiah and tzeit last night but forgot to do a hefsak tahara before the moch. Is this problematic?

Did hefsek with a tissue

I did my hefsek tahara and it came out clean, but due to ignorance and the fact that nothing else was available I used a white tissue instead of a cotton cloth. I learned that this was not preferable. Since it was already done, is it considered a valid he...

Tisha B’Av hefsek

If one has to do a hefsek on tisha b'av, is one allowed to take a regular shower before or is it like how one does it on shabbos?? what about soap?? and what does one do for erev tisha b'av??

Omitting moch when restarting shivah neki’im

I did a hefsek and moch which were good, but the first bdika of day one was bad. I redid the hefsek that evening for the next day to be day one, but I didn't redo the moch because there had been no flow, just a bad bedika.
Now I'm not sure if that w...

Tissue from uterine lining on bedikot

I have an IUD and at the end of my period after I have stopped bleeding, I continue to expel some tissue from the uterine lining. It is clearly lining and not blood. Since the badim are not white during this time, I always push off starting the 7 nekim. S...

Tiny red dot on hefsek

I just did a hefsek tahara and the bedika cloth is all clear besides this mini red dot (it‘s a few millimeters big).
Is the hefsek valid?

Morning shower before hefsek?

If I am at work all afternoon and not able to shower, can I shower in the morning and do the Hefsek Taharah at work?

Healing after traumatic birth

I had a very traumatic birth last year and started taking the combined pill so we can wait a couple of years before trying for another baby.
It’s been a few months now and I have been constantly bleeding so unable to make it to the mikvah.

Unexpected blood on first-day bedikah

I performed a hefsek tahara last night (Wednesday night) and had a clean moch at tzait hakochavim. This morning my bedika had red on it roughly the size of a quarter. Usually my periods are over after 5 days. My period started Shabbat afternoon. Do I need...

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