Nishmat's Women’s Health and HalachaIn memory of Chaya Mirel bat R' Avraham

  • Hebrew
  • English
  • Espnaol
  • Francais
  • donate
Menu

Immersed after sixth clean day

3 December, 2012
Question:

What should be done if a woman went to the mikvah on the 6th night of her clean days instead of her 7th?


Answer:

Immersion is not valid until the seven clean days have been completed.

If the woman realizes her error before she has relations with her husband, she just needs to count her 7th clean day and immerse. If she has already had intercourse with her husband, she needs to wait four days (the day of relations is the first of those four days) while continuing to perform bedikot daily, count her 7th clean day, and immerse. (Keep in mind that if relations took place at night, that night and the following day are day 1, the day after that is day 2, etc.)

If she only realizes after some time has passed, and more than five days have elapsed since her last bedikah, she needs to restart her clean days. She needs to wait four days from the last time she had intercourse, and then count a new seven clean days.

Please feel free to get back to us with any further questions.

This internet service does not preclude, override or replace the psak of any rabbinical authority. It is the responsibility of the questioner to inform us of any previous consultation or ruling. As even slight variation in circumstances may have Halachic consequences, views expressed concerning one case may not be applied to other, seemingly similar cases. All health and health-related information contained within Nishmat's Women's Health & Halacha Web site is intended to be general in nature and should not be used as a substitute for consulting with your health care professional. The advice is intended to offer a basis for individuals to discuss their medical condition with their health care provider but not individual advice. Although every effort is made to ensure that the material within Nishmat's Women's Health & Halacha Web site is accurate and timely, it is provided for the convenience of the Web site user but should not be considered official. Advice for actual medical practice should be obtained from a licensed health care professional. For further questions or comments:  The Nishmat Women's Health and Halacha Site is a public service of Nishmat, The Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women. This project and others like it are made possible by contributions from people like you. If you have benefited from the service, and wish to enable us to help others, click here to donate.
Users of Internet filtering services: This site discusses sensitive subjects that some services filter without visual indication. A page that appears 100% complete might actually be missing critical Jewish-law or medical information. To ensure that you view the pages accurately, ask the filtering service to whitelist all pages under yoatzot.org.

Accessibility Toolbar