[Avodah] Mikvah for Geirus/Nidah

[Akiva Blum]

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From: avodah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org [mailto:avodah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org]
On Behalf Of Daniel Eidensohn
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:28 PM

Yevamos(45b):The slave of R. Hiyya b. Ammi once made a certain idolatress bathe
for a matrimonial purpose.28 Said R. Joseph: I could declare her to be a
legitimate Jewess29 and her daughter30 to be of legitimate birth.31 In her case,
in accordance with the view of R. Assi; for R. Assi said, ‘Did she not bathe for
the purpose of her menstruation’?32 In the case of her daughter, because when an
idolater or a slave has intercourse with a daughter of an Israelite, the child
[born of such a union] is legitimate.3


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?

 

 

The gemorah's case has a tevilla for niddah working also for geirus. Our case is
much better because, as mentioned, she was never tomei at all.

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