Barry Epstein asked:
A woman who bleeds in labor during niddah is a niddah. Does she count 7 or 14 days plus 6 (like a major zavah)?
Barry Epstein, Dallas, USA
The Kollel replies:
I'm not sure if you are asking your question from the Gemara's standpoint or from a Halachic standpoint. From the Gemara's perspective, there are seven days of Nidah when a woman is Assur (assuming a Veses Kavuah), and she is permitted afterwards once she goes to the Mikvah. This would therefore have no effect on a question regarding a woman bleeding in labor. Today, all blood requires seven clean days, and therefore any woman must generally count seven clean days after seeing any blood.
All the best,
Yaakov Montrose