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Spotting during clean days

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I'm 53 and get my period now every few months. My last period was two and a half months ago (very light) and I still haven't been to the mikve because every time I start counting I find a spot when I wipe and then I start all over. This has happ...

Understanding Rav’s ruling on hefsek color

I thought I learned that the bedikah cloth for a hefsek taharah must be entirely clean, but two times I have had some dark red/light brown staining on the moch and the bedikah cloth from the morning, which is leftover menses. The Rabbi has told me that it...

Onset of niddah and time zone changes

We live on the west coast of the US and traveled to the east coast on Sunday. I got my period that evening right after sunset. My question is as fellows: if we were still on the west coast that day, it would have been Sunday day since the west coast is 3 ...

Shivah neki’im before conversion?

When a woman is in the process of giyur and is finally able to go to the mikveh for the first time, does she count 5 and then 7 blood free days if she had her cycle during the time that her giyur was approved?

Specks on bedikot, hargashah, and OCD

I really struggle with OCD when it comes to niddah issues. I just find this mitzvah very overwhelming. I have tried my best to make things easier (got a heter to do less bedikos) and I have a rabbi that I email OCD questions to but things still creep up.<...

Cannot get through seven clean days

I am 57 years old. I have been having a rough year with my periods. Over a year ago, I began having bleeding that persisted for weeks at a time. I received medication to slow the bleeding. It happened a few times over the year. I went for tests and biopsi...

Did I immerse on the right night?

I had staining in my first trimester of pregnancy and had to count 7 nekiim. When I was planning when to go to mikva, I counted out 7 days with my fingers. My husband was with me, and said, no, it's the day after that, not including the day of the hefsek ...

Bleeding day after mikveh, seven weeks postpartum

I had a baby 7.5 weeks ago. I stopped bleeding two weeks postpartum. I counted seven clean days and went to the mikvah. Three weeks later, when I was six weeks postpartum I began bleeding again, I assumed this was my period. I waited five days, then count...

Missed sunset with day one bedikah

Hello, I only do one check per day during the seven clean days, due to perimenopausal issues. Due to a blizzard here at home, I forgot to do my day one check before the sundown time. Sundown was reportedly at 5:11 and I did not do my check until 5:20. Doe...

Mikveh after C-section

I am currently around 3 weeks postpartum. My bleeding is slowing significantly and will likely stop completely before my 6 week checkup. However, I had a c section and I am not allowed to immerse in a bath or pool until I’m cleared at 6 weeks. How s...

I want to go to mikveh to make up for being less careful when I was younger. Can I go in the daytime?

I’m 62 and did taharat hamishpacha in the past. I wasn’t so careful though, and recently I heard you can make up for it by going to mikvah. Since it’s not due to counting days, can I go to the mikvah during the day?

Mikveh while in committed relationship

I am a divorced woman and I’m in a committed relationship. I would like to go to the mikvah so I could be sexually active and not be sinning. What are the halachos attached? Would I count 5 + 7 clean days and then dip in the mikvah? Do the same laws...

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