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Mikvah

  • Birth, Mikvah, Pregnancy
  • infertility, segulah

Segulah of going to Mikvah during pregnancy

  Question: My wife is beginning her ninth month, her family has the minhag to toivel in the ninth month. I also have heard that toiveling afterward is a segula…

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha

Hatoras Nedorim for changing Minhag of amount of Tevilos

  Question: When going to the mikvah, my wife has done 9 tevilos, for many years, she feels that this is too much for her and would like to do…

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  • Mikvah, Shiva Nekiyim, Taharas Hamishpacha

Bedika before Mikvah?

  Question: For any number of reasons, medical, covid and other, I was unable to go to the mikvah since December. I am able to go now. I did my…

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha

איזה הכנות למקווה ניתן לעשות יום לפני המקווה על מנת להוריד מהלחץ של יום הטבילה?

  מותר לקצוץ הצפרנים והשערות. שאר ההכנות צריכים להיות ביום של הטבילה.     #10611

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha

Shalom Bayis Advice

  Question: Dear Rabbi, My husband lately is very busy at work during my 2 weeks following mikvah. He is home and attentive mikvah night but most of the 2…

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  • Medical, Mikvah
  • coronavirus

Guidelines for going to the Mikvah

  https://asktherav.com/may-should-one-go-to-mikveh-if-they-are-in-quarantine/   Important Notice About Women's Mikvah - Timely Messages from Rabbi Braun Episode #25 -       The following are the guidelines for going to the mikvah…

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  • Medical, Mikvah
  • coronavirus

May/should one go to Mikveh if they are in quarantine? 

  Update (Rosh Chodesh Nissan): See here.   Women's Mikvah: A woman who is quarantine should not go to Mikvah. In addition, stay posted with the guidelines of your local…

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha, Tisha B'Av

What to do if Mikvah is scheduled for Tisha B’Av night

  Mikvah is postponed to Motzoei Tishah B'Av. All preparations should be done on Erev Tisha B'Av, including bathe, brush hair, clean teeth, and to thoroughly check yourself. On Tishah…

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  • Mikvah, Nine Days, Taharas Hamishpacha, The 3 Weeks
  • nine days: shower

Am I allowed to take a bath in order to perform a hefsek taharah during the 9 days?

  No. You may wash the bottom half of your body.   Sources: רמ''א ס' תקנ''א סט''ז וכתב ''מעט כדרכה בשאר ימות השנה'' ודנו בזה מה הוא כוונתו האם מותרת…

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha

Mikvah on Friday night

  I recently heard that there is a halachic opinion that if Mikvah night is Friday night, a woman who lives too far to walk can toivel at sundown and…

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  • Mikvah, Purim, Seudah, Taharas Hamishpacha

I am going to Mikvah Purim night. For the Seudah am I supposed to Eat meat/chicken if I am going right after to Mikvah?

  Yes. Clean your mouth and teeth very well afterwards.   Sources: בשו״ת דבר משה אמאריליו מז, לאכול רק מרק של בשר. והועתק גם בכה״ח תרצו, נה. אבל ראה א״א…

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • chatzitzah, curl, dye, eyelashes

I want to do a permanent curl and tinting of eye lashes, which last for about 2 months. I am wondering if it will be a problem of Chatzitza for Mikvah? 

  If the tinting of the eyelashes is well maintained without noticeable gaps, there is room for leniency to Tovel with eye lash tint on. Use only dye which has…

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  • Mikvah, Nedorim (Vaws), Taharas Hamishpacha
  • dry skin, Hatoras Nedorim

Regarding removing skin before Mikvah, I see on the website: “You do not have to take off the dead skin. However if you do want to take it off often (regardless of Mikvah), then you would have to do it before going to Mikvah.”  My wife was taught by her Kalla teacher to do it and she has been doing so since our wedding. However she never takes of her dry skin besides for Mikvah. Is it a Shaala of Neder to stop taking off the dry skin based on your Teshuva?

  Click here to see link of previous post mentioned in question.   Since this custom was taken by mistake, thinking that the removal of the dead skins is mandatory,…

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • skin

I learnt with my Kallah teacher that I have to always be really careful to take off any dead skin from my feet before going to Mikvah and that is what I did for the beginning of my marriage. However now I see that in Kitzur Dinei Tahara it does not mention to take off the dead skin from feet. Do we indeed have to be particular on taking off every little piece of skin?

You do not have to take off the dead skin. However if you do want to take it off often (regardless of Mikvah), then you would have to do it…

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • dentist, fillings, mikvah, taharas hamishpacha

Are temporary fillings and temporary crowns considered a Chatzitzah for Mikvah?

If they will remain for thirty days after Tevilah, it is OK. One may be lenient if it will remain a week after Mikvah, if it will also remain for…

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • forgot to clean teeth before mikvah, forgot to floss teeth, mikvah, taharas hamishpacha

Whats the Halacha if a woman went to the Mikva and then the next morning realized that she forgot to floss her teeth before Toveling?

  If no Chatzitzah was found in the teeth, Bedieved the Tevila is valid. Note, one must not Davka floss. Any method of checking and cleaning the teeth is fine.…

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  • Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpacha
  • mikvah in a river, tevila, tovel, toveling in a river, womens mikvah

Can a river be used as a woman’s Mikvah?

There are several issues with using a river for a Mikvah: 1. The river must not stem from rainwater, unless it’s stagnant - not flowing. Pipes through which water passes…

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