Purity Ruling After Childbirth
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Question
Hello and blessings. We had our first daughter born two weeks ago, and we wanted to ask how long after childbirth can we start the purity process and everything involved? Should we count 5 days and 7 clean days or just 7 clean days?
Answer
Hello and blessings
According to the law, after the birth of a daughter, one can start counting seven clean days after a week and immerse after two weeks, and there is no need to count five days.
Nevertheless, the instruction of the rabbis is not to immerse before five to six weeks after childbirth for two reasons. A. Health-wise, the woman is still weak. B. Halachically, due to the weakness of the womb, there might be bleeding due to intercourse.