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Can I go to mikveh if I don’t get my period?

I am using the Mirena IUD and as a result I have not gotten my period for several months? Can I still go to the Mikveh?

Permission to use diaphragm

I currently B"H have four healthy boys. I'm in my mid-30's and my youngest is a year and a half old. I am constantly overwhelmed and definitely need a break. I have never used birth control before and I don't like the IUD or hormonal birth control methods...

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...

Halachic rulings on hair covering

I am B'H getting married this summer. I intend to cover my hair, but I am confused by the various halachic rulings that are out there. What are the different sources for Rov Rosh versus having a Tefach showing? Thank you so much for your help.

Cutting sheitel during sefirah

Am I allowed to have a shaitel cut during sefirah? I did not have time before Pesach to have it cut, and I did wear it one time on Yom Tov.

Was nail cut before immersion?

What do you do if you aren't sure if you cut a nail prior to toveling (i.e. I know I cut it before I started bedikot, but can't remember if I filed it the day I went to the mikva because it was still short)?

Niddah/Zavah cycle: Rambam vs. Ramban

Was mainstream practice to follow Rambam or Ramban in interpretation of the 7/11 cycle – i.e. continuously from first menstruation or anew each month? If it was Rambam, is this a reason the bnot Israel took on the extra days, because counting was so...

Is NFP permissible?

I have had many problems with all hormonal forms of birth control, including the IUD. Basically, my problem with all these methods is that I either bleed non–stop for months, or I get a period every two weeks. Over the years of my marriage there hav...

Immersion in tidal pool and husband observing immersion

Hello, We are going away for 10 days and my Mikvah night falls one night after leaving. There is no Mikvah in the area at all.
We will be going to a coast on one of the days where there is a tidal pool area. From what I understand, it is filled with...

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...

Veset hachodesh when period began on 30th day of month

I got my period on the 30th day of the Jewish month – nison. I am unsure how to calculate my veset day for the yom hachodesh since, the next month – iyar – does not have 30 days. How should I proceed?

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