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* Shulchan Aruch 88:1 rules that the institution of Ezra was completely repealed for Torah and davening.</ref> | * Shulchan Aruch 88:1 rules that the institution of Ezra was completely repealed for Torah and davening.</ref> | ||
# There are pious people who have accepted to keep the original institution of Ezra and go to mikveh for a baal keri. If that is difficult they pour 9 kabin of water on themselves before davening or learning Torah.<ref>Tur OC 241 writes that some pious people voluntary accepted to keep the institution of Ezra and it is a big stringency since even according to Ezra's institution it is sufficient to have 9 kabin poured upon oneself and not go to mikveh. Mishna Brurah 88:4 quotes this practice and writes that if it is difficult for them they can use the 9 kabin.</ref> | # There are pious people who have accepted to keep the original institution of Ezra and go to mikveh for a baal keri. If that is difficult they pour 9 kabin of water on themselves before davening or learning Torah.<ref>Tur OC 241 writes that some pious people voluntary accepted to keep the institution of Ezra and it is a big stringency since even according to Ezra's institution it is sufficient to have 9 kabin poured upon oneself and not go to mikveh. Mishna Brurah 88:4 quotes this practice and writes that if it is difficult for them they can use the 9 kabin.</ref> | ||
# The 9 kabin has to be continuous without interruption and specifically poured on one's head and it isn't sufficient if one bathes in 9 kabin.<ref> Bet Yosef 88:1 quoting Rabbenu Yonah (13b s.v. ki) and Rambam (Mikvaot 3:4) clarifies that the pouring of 9 kabin needs to be continuous without any breaks.</ref> 9 kabin can be estimated to between 12 and 15 liters. <ref>How much is 9 kabin? The Bet Yosef says that is 4.5 Kolondrinas. Mishna Brurah 88:4 says that it is 15 Polish quarts. That is the equivalent of 14.1 liters today, as each Polish quart was 0.9422L ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolete_Polish_units_of_measurement Wikipedia on Polish Measurements]). Since 9 kabin is 216 beitzim and a beitzah is 55 grams it a total of 11.88 liters. Yalkut Yosef 88:1 writes that it is 12.6 liters. Shoneh Halachot 88:6 writes that it is 21.6 liters.</ref> A shower suffices for the 9 kabin.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 88:1</ref> | # The 9 kabin has to be continuous without interruption and specifically poured on one's head and it isn't sufficient if one bathes in 9 kabin.<ref> Bet Yosef 88:1 quoting Rabbenu Yonah (13b s.v. ki) and Rambam (Mikvaot 3:4) clarifies that the pouring of 9 kabin needs to be continuous without any breaks.</ref> 9 kabin can be estimated to between 12 and 15 liters. <ref>How much is 9 kabin? The Bet Yosef says that is 4.5 Kolondrinas. Mishna Brurah 88:4 says that it is 15 Polish quarts. That is the equivalent of 14.1 liters today, as each Polish quart was 0.9422L ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolete_Polish_units_of_measurement Wikipedia on Polish Measurements]). Since 9 kabin is 216 beitzim and a beitzah is 55 grams according to Rav Chaim Noeh it a total of 11.88 liters. Kaf Hachaim writes that it is 216 beitzim which is 3888 dirhams which is no more than 11.6 liters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirham#Dirham_in_Jewish_orthodox_law). Yalkut Yosef 88:1 writes that it is 12.6 liters. Shoneh Halachot 88:6 writes that it is 21.6 liters.</ref> A shower suffices for the 9 kabin.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 88:1 discusses whether the 9 kabin needs to come upon a person from the pouring of a person or it is sufficient if it comes on its own. He quotes the Raavad in Tamim Deim 66 who says that it needs to come from a person. He concludes that since the establishment was repealed and it is only a pious custom it isn't necessary have the 9 kabin come from a person pouring them. Shevet Halevi 1:24 agrees.</ref> | ||
# A mikveh for a baal keri can be sheuvim but needs to be in the ground and not in a vessel. Even someone who is strict on this institution if he is sick and saw the emission out of his control and not because of tashmish he doesn't need to go to mikveh.<ref>Rava's conclusion on Brachot 22b is that someone sick who saw a keri involuntarily doesn't need to go to mikveh or 9 kabin. The Rashba 22b s.v. amar (cited by Bet Yosef 88:1) explains that this statement of Rava was relevant to someone who voluntarily decided to be strict and accept the institution of Ezra. Rambam codifies this. Mishna Brurah 88:4 agrees.</ref> | # A mikveh for a baal keri can be sheuvim but needs to be in the ground and not in a vessel. Even someone who is strict on this institution if he is sick and saw the emission out of his control and not because of tashmish he doesn't need to go to mikveh.<ref>Rava's conclusion on Brachot 22b is that someone sick who saw a keri involuntarily doesn't need to go to mikveh or 9 kabin. The Rashba 22b s.v. amar (cited by Bet Yosef 88:1) explains that this statement of Rava was relevant to someone who voluntarily decided to be strict and accept the institution of Ezra. Rambam codifies this. Mishna Brurah 88:4 agrees.</ref> | ||
# One shouldn't be strict on this practice if by doing so one is going to miss the time for Kriyat Shema or davening with a minyan.<ref>Mishna Brurah 88:2. See Piskei Teshuvot 88:3 who quotes some who disagree and hold that for someone who usually goes to mikveh it is better to go and miss minyan than not to go. See Minchat Yitzchak 4:61 and Teshuvot Vehanhagot 1:109.</ref> | # One shouldn't be strict on this practice if by doing so one is going to miss the time for Kriyat Shema or davening with a minyan.<ref>Mishna Brurah 88:2. See Piskei Teshuvot 88:3 who quotes some who disagree and hold that for someone who usually goes to mikveh it is better to go and miss minyan than not to go. See Minchat Yitzchak 4:61 and Teshuvot Vehanhagot 1:109.</ref> | ||
# Any chatzitza that doesn't cover majority of a person's body isn't a problem for the tevilah for a baal keri.<ref>Biur Halacha 88:1 s.v. vchen, | |||
Shevet Halevi 1:24</ref> | |||
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