New York – Navigating the sometimes complex halachos of Taharas Hamishpacha has become much simpler thanks to a newly released smartphone app that automatically calculates all important dates and times based on the user’s monthly cycle.

MikvahCalendar.com, available as both an iPhone and Android app, is a sister to the website of the same name, which over the past three years has developed a devoted following. With 16,000 users and close to 5,000 Facebook likes, women worldwide are turning to MikvahCalendar to pinpoint their relevant dates, an intricate and potentially confusing process.

MikvahCalendar is the brainchild of Rivkah Bloom who first came up with the idea in 2005.

“I was newly married and a few of my recently married friends asked me for help in calculating the dates,” Mrs. Bloom told VIN News.

With both a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Computer Science, Mrs. Bloom knew that a computer program was the solution to mastering the sometimes complicated calculations that are part and parcel of Taharas HaMishpacha.

Four years later, MikvahCalendar.com was born. Rabbinically approved by Rabbi Fishel Jacobs, Rabbi Yosef Carmel, Rabbi Moshe Ehrenreich, Rabbi Hillel Simon and Rabbi Binyanim Cohen, the program accommodates Ashkenazic, Sephardic and Chabad customs in calculating the relevant dates and times for the user’s monthly cycle. The software has the ability to determine appropriate times based on location, taking into account leap years, daylight savings time and travel through different time zones. Other notable features include a full featured interface in English, Hebrew, French or Spanish, email or text message reminders and Ask the Rabbi, enabling users to receive live guidance if necessary.

While the smartphone app is free, membership at MikvahCalendar.com is $16 per year. The sixty day free trial gives users the opportunity to test drive the program for themselves at no cost.

The 30 year old Florida mother of four says that she has gotten overwhelmingly positive feedback, not only from grateful couples all over the world, but from rabbis and kallah teachers as well.

“I honestly feel grateful that I was able to play a part in enabling women from all backgrounds and knowledge bases to have the wisdom of thousands of years of Jewish law at their fingertips,” said Mrs. Bloom.

To Download:

Android here

iTunes here