Partial Examination
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Question
Good evening. My wife performed a hefsek tahara and inserted 2/3 of her finger. Is this acceptable, or does she need to insert the entire finger?
Answer
Shalom and blessings,
According to Halacha, the Beit Yosef wrote that one should insert the finger as much as possible, and therefore if there was difficulty and because of it she could not insert more, the examination is valid.
However, if she did not insert the finger due to laziness or mistakenly thought it was sufficient, she needs to perform the hefsek tahara again.