In memory of Chaya Mirel bat R’ Avraham

In memory of Chaya Mirel bat R' Avraham

Veset with consistently long intervals and one shorter one
April 24, 2026

Question

First of all, thank you so much for creating and maintaining this incredible resource! Your answers are so thoughtful, and I have learned quite a lot from your website.

For nearly a full year, I’ve continuously had cycles of 32+ days. From other posts on your website, I understand that this means I can discount my veset hachodesh and veset beinonit, and only count my interval veset.

However, two cycles ago, my period came early at 30 days. This most recent cycle, I tracked all 3 vestot, but my period didn’t come until 40 days (similar to what it was before.)

My question regards my upcoming 2 cycles. Until I have another 3 cycles in a row that are 32+ days, should I still be tracking all 3 vestot? Or, since I only had one anomalous cycle, can I go back to only tracking the interval veset?

I have interest in this question because I’m on the Mirena IUD which can cause occasional spotting, so I try not to perform more bedikot than I have to, especially not 10+ days before I’m due for my period.

Answer

Thank you for reaching out to us and for your kind words.

The logic behind releasing a woman with a consistently longer interval from yom hachodesh and onah beinonit is to consider her as having a sort of veset kavua to not have a flow during the first thirty days of her cycle.

A woman who deviates once from a veset kavua needs to ovserve the change once, and then can ignore it if she reverts to her usual pattern. For that reason, ordinarily, if a woman would have a shorter cycle on just one occasion, we would say that she could revert to observing only the interval veset as she had been after the single cycle of observing chodesh and beinonit.

Your case is a little trickier, however, because the earlier interval you had was on the onah beinonit itself, and the onah beinonit is treated as a sort of veset kavua that one needs to uproot. It's not clear that your veset to see only later is strong enough to overcome an onah benonit on which you had bleeding.

For this reason, we would consider you released at this point from your onat chodesh, but obligated in observing onah beinonit two more times before going back to where you were.

You note that you consider yourself to be having a period on Mirena. Some women do get a period on Mirena. Others have only staining, but not a flow. We would be happy to discuss this with you further if relevant.

Please be in touch with any further questions.
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