[Avodah] Mikvah for Geirus/Nidah

[Arie Folger]

Cantor Henry Topas asked:
> 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 laws of taharat hamishpa'ha do not apply to non Jews, and hence,
the women who just converted cannot have become tame before her
conversion. There is no need for shiva' neqiyyim and no need for
tevilat nidah, unless she is still bleeding at the time of her
conversion. There are published teshuvot on this, though I can't
remember the exact references.

However, sekhel hayashar dictates that she should at least have a
hefseq taharah right before tefilah, for the 'hazaqah of still
bleeding is a physical fact, not a din in status, and lacking a hefseq
taharah, we would assume that she is still bleeding right after her
conversion.
-- 
Arie Folger,
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