Seven Clean Days Archives - Nishmat Yoatzot Halacha

Is each bedikah a mitzvah?

Is there an actual mitzvah to do bedikot when in niddah (in order to become tehora) or it's just part of the taharah process? I am asking this because I was told that I could do one bedikah a day for seven days (rather than 2x a day) but when discussing t...

Internal washing and toilet paper during clean days

I have two questions:
1. Can I clean myself internally prior to bedikot during the seven clean days, just as I do prior to the hefsek tahara? I will often have some brown staining on the bedikah cloths for several days after my period ends, which in...

Not looking during clean days

Hi, I'm a kallah, doing my first set of bedikas. Do I have to look at my white underwear? Can I use pantiliners and just throw them out before looking? I don't spot, or bleed, but I do get discharge that sometimes makes me feel 'wet.' The discharge is cle...

Small spots on bedikot

I would like to know what is considered spotting during the seven clean days.
Is slight pink or a dot of red on the cloth considered a spotting which will make the clean day invalid?

Bedikah with tampon during seven clean days

I got my period last Tuesday morning and was able to do a clean bedikah on my first try Shabbat afternoon. On Sunday, I found two small, dark yellow stains on my white underwear. Neither is larger than a dime, but together the area would be larger than a ...

Was hefsek deep enough?

I did my Hefsek tahara but I am not sure if it went in all the way. Does it still count? It was totally clean. Also on day one of my seven clean days I did a bedika in the morning but forgot to do one again before Shkia, does that count? It also came out ...

Pink stain on shower floor

Having had a baby and waiting many weeks I was finally able to do a clean hefsek last night. I repeated this morning and once more had a clean bedika. However after this I showered and while washing the vaginal area think I saw a small thread of pink on t...

Pantiliners during clean days

Please clarify… if a white pantiliner is used during 7 clean days and staining occurs, even larger than a gris, it does not render one a niddah. Is this correct according to some opinions? This would be very helpful to me as I have had numerous mid...

Bedikot with Nuvaring

I have been using the Nuvaring for contraception. Every time I go to the mikveh, I take it out and then replace it after I have immersed.
I have also been taki...

How deep should bedikot go?

How deep does a bedikah/hefsek tahara have to go? I learned that it has to go as deep as possible, and then into all cracks and crevices, and have always done so. However sometimes my vaginal canal is dry and I can't go so deep, and I never thought that w...

Bedikot & delayed immersion

If I fell ill on the seventh day of the seven clean days and only did one bedikah in the morning, do I have to do another bedika if I am better on the ninth day...

Checking for bleeding from external cut

On the fourth day of shiva nekiim I was shaving some pubic hair when I began to bleed, most probably from a cut while shaving. In order to make sure the blood was really from a cut, I used a mirror to check myself. I wanted to know — was it necessar...

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