Waiting Five Days for Counting Clean Days
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Question
A woman who immersed in the mikvah and has not engaged in marital relations since due to a doctor's instruction. Three days after immersion, she saw blood. Does she need to wait 5 days before starting the count of the seven clean days, or since she cannot disrupt the count, can she start immediately?
Answer
Shalom Rav
According to the Shulchan Aruch, she can start counting immediately. This is the custom of some Sephardic communities. However, the custom of the Ashkenazim, as well as some Sephardic communities, is to count five days as well, since the abstention from relations was due to an external reason and not because of her impurity, she needs to count.