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# The shiva nekiyim need to be consecutive so that she doesn’t see blood anyday. If she sees even on the 7th day she must restart the shiva nekiyim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 196:10</ref> | # The shiva nekiyim need to be consecutive so that she doesn’t see blood anyday. If she sees even on the 7th day she must restart the shiva nekiyim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 196:10</ref> | ||
# Ashkenazim are strict about how to treat a ketem (stain) during the first three days of shiva nekiyim, whereas in the last 4 days sometimes a ketem is tahor because we assume that it came from something else. However, a ketem that’s a k’gris or smaller is tahor even in the first three days of shiva nekiyim.<ref>Rama 196:10</ref> If a woman has a bruise in that area that is actively bleeding and stained during the first three days of shiva nekiyim needs to consult a posek.<ref>Rama 196:10 is lenient, but the Shach argues. Badei Hashulchan 196:146 is strict unless this bruise will bleed for a long time.</ref> Sephardim treat the ketem the same during the first 3 days as the last 4 days.<ref>S”A 196:10, Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 372)</ref> | # Ashkenazim are strict about how to treat a ketem (stain) during the first three days of shiva nekiyim, whereas in the last 4 days sometimes a ketem is tahor because we assume that it came from something else. However, a ketem that’s a k’gris or smaller is tahor even in the first three days of shiva nekiyim.<ref>Rama 196:10</ref> If a woman has a bruise in that area that is actively bleeding and stained during the first three days of shiva nekiyim needs to consult a posek.<ref>Rama 196:10 is lenient, but the Shach argues. Badei Hashulchan 196:146 is strict unless this bruise will bleed for a long time.</ref> Sephardim treat the ketem the same during the first 3 days as the last 4 days.<ref>S”A 196:10, Taharat Habayit v. 2 p. 372)</ref> | ||
==Going to the Mikveh== | |||
# A women who was Tameh as a niddah or zavah stays Tameh forever, even years later, until she goes to the Mikveh.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 197:1</ref> | |||
# If her husband is in town it is a mitzvah for a woman to be tovel on the night when she is able to be tovel and not delay it to another night.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 197:2</ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category: Women]] | [[Category: Women]] | ||
