[Avodah] Mikvah for Geirus/Nidah

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Mon Feb 8 07:13:43 PST 2010


Henry Topas wrote:
> If a woman enters the mikvah l’tzorech geirus and such t’vilah coincides 
> with the timing that would normally be required l’tzorech taharas 
> hamishpocha,  can the same t’vilah serve for both?

Tevilah doesn't have to be lishmah; if a tamei person falls into a mikveh,
they come out tahor.  She's been in a mikveh, therefore she is not tamei,
therefore she needs do nothing more.

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