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Veset calculations: unsure when period began

I had thought that I wrote down the date⁄time when my last period began, but I just went to look and cannot find it –– so I do not know how to determine times for separation in my calendar. I have been calculating for irregular cycle &nd...

Wearing white underwear on veset days?

Is a woman required to wear white underwear during her onot perisha?

Premenstrual cramps, five day wait & veset haguf

Yesterday, before shkia I felt some pain in my belly (which usually indicates to me that my period is coming) but I could only check myself when it was already dark and my period had actually come. Which day should I consider the first day of my period?

Calculating veset with a stained bedikah on onah, later flow

I'm using mikvahcalendar.com to keep track of my cycles.
Last Thursday was my onah beinonit. I did a bedika in the late afternoon, which was red so I declared myse...

Becoming tehorah after bleeding in menopause

I am 58 yrs old and in menopause. However I had two days of menstruating. Do I wait a total of five days then start the week of checking? My husband says it might be different if you are in menopause. Thank you for you help.

Counting veset from bedikah

I did a bedikah on a veset day (Tuesday) and found a bit of blood so I became a niddah. I did not have any actual flow of blood (no need for tampons or pads) until Thursday.
If it hadn't been for the veset I would not have had any reason to check. I...

Carrying over Yom hachodesh & Or Zarua

I have a quick question: I am unclear as to whether a woman who keeps Or Zarua would keep the Or Zarua on all of her Yom HaChodesh Vestot. (Meaning, if she carries over her Yom HaChodesh Veset if not passed in purity, would she keep her Or Zarua on only t...

Veset kavua on pill

I am on birth control and know that on Thursday morning I will start my next period. It has been more then three times in a row that it starts on the 4th morning after ending my pack of pills.
Am I allowed to have relations with my husband on Wednes...

After sunset, before nightfall – day or night onah?

I got my period in the time of "bein hashmashot". For purposes of the "prisha" days, is that considered daytime or nighttime, or both?? Thank you.

Vestot chumrot becoming more difficult

Firstly kol hakavod to all of you for the wonderful work you do for Klal Yisrael. My question is regarding onot/vestot.
We have been married, B"H almost 12 years. From the beginning of our marriage we have been keeping the onat Ohr Zaruah, as well a...

Norethindrone acetate & vesatot

If I am taking norethindrone acetate (a form of progesterone sold as Aygestin, similar to Primolut-Nor in Israel) to postpone a period, do I still need to do bedikos on “vestos”?

Bedikot on onot while spotting on the Pill

Is there any room for leniency with doing bedikot during the onot perisha? Are there any opinions that say you do not have to do bedikot? I am on the pill and I have the onot perisha coming up even though I will not be expecting my period – yet I am...

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