[Avodah] mikva use

[Zev Sero]

On 25/10/2011 1:01 PM, Liron Kopinsky wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:08 PM, <Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org> wrote:
>> 2. would it be better to allow mikva use t remove nidda issues
>> even if other issurim will transpire as a result?

> Why is "as a result" a consideration here. Are there really a
> significant number of people who would refrain from having premarital
> sex as a result of being banned from the mikvah?

The presumption of the Rivash's takanah is that this is indeed the case.


On 25/10/2011 12:59 PM, Goldmeier Family wrote:
> what exactly is the issur of pre-marital sex if the nidda issue is resolved by allowing single women to use the mikva?

It's a machlokes rishonim. The Rambam holds that it's de'oraisa, so
there's no need for a takanah to prevent it. The Ramban holds that
it's derabanan, and the Rivash held like him, which is why he made his
takanah that has been accepted by most communities.

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Zev Sero
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