Talk:Hefsek taharah

More information please[edit]

In the Orthodox Jewish community, women may test whether menstruation has ceased; this ritual is known as the hefsek tahara. The woman takes a bath or shower near sunset, wraps a clean white cloth ("bedikah cloth") around her finger, and swipes the inner vaginal circumference. If the cloth shows only discharges that are white, yellow, or clear, then menstruation is considered to have ceased. If discharge is bright red, it indicates that menstruation is still in effect. If it is any other color, it is subject to further inquiry, often involving consultation with a rabbi.

I find this difficult to believe but if this is a common practice anywhere it is bound to attract attention and we should be able to confirm it. Can anyone help? —Soap— 22:05, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this is the standard procedure followed by my wife and hundreds of thousands if not millions of other married Orthodox Jewish women every month. Descriptions of the procedure are here (under "How does a woman begin to prepare for the mikvah?") and here (under "How to Do a Hefsek Taharah") for example. Accordingly I am reverting your removal of the text. --Eliyahu S ^Talk 03:26, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is also Niddah#Start_of_menstruation:

If she notices a bloodstain of uncertain origin, for example on her underclothing, there are a series of complicated criteria used by rabbinical law to determine whether she is niddah or not; the woman herself is not expected to know these criteria, and must seek the assistance of a rabbi.

—Soap— 22:07, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I removed all but the first sentence of the paragraph in this article. I can only repeat myself .... believe that, if this is in fact true, it should be easy to confirm. —Soap— 02:08, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]