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## If a woman wasn't able to go to the mikveh before Friday night for some reason that made it impossible for her she is certainly allowed to go to the mikveh on Friday night.<ref>Rama 197:2, Taz 197:3 like the Trumat Hadeshen unlike the Bach</ref> | ## If a woman wasn't able to go to the mikveh before Friday night for some reason that made it impossible for her she is certainly allowed to go to the mikveh on Friday night.<ref>Rama 197:2, Taz 197:3 like the Trumat Hadeshen unlike the Bach</ref> | ||
# A woman may only go to the mikveh on Friday night if her husband is in town.<ref>Rama 197:2. Badei Hashulchan 197:23 explains that when her husband is in town it is permitted to go because of the mitzvah of pru urevu but if not then it is forbidden as it appears like she's fixing her status of tumah (metaken). This is based on the Trumat Hadeshen 255.</ref> | # A woman may only go to the mikveh on Friday night if her husband is in town.<ref>Rama 197:2. Badei Hashulchan 197:23 explains that when her husband is in town it is permitted to go because of the mitzvah of pru urevu but if not then it is forbidden as it appears like she's fixing her status of tumah (metaken). This is based on the Trumat Hadeshen 255.</ref> | ||
===Tevilah by Day=== | |||
# It is forbidden for a woman to go to the mikveh by day whether it is her seventh day of Shiva Nekiyim or the eighth day.<ref>Gemara Niddah 67b, Shulchan Aruch YD 197:3</ref> | |||
# A bride the day of her wedding can go to the mikveh by day if the Chupah of the wedding is at night.<ref>Rama 197:3, Dagul Mirvavah 197:3.</ref> In a pressing circumstance it is permitted to have the Chupah by day as long as the yichud is at night.<ref>Badei Hashulchan 197:48 based on Rabbi Akiva Eiger responsa 2:71</ref> | |||
# In cases where it is impossible to go to the mikveh during the night such as because of danger, a woman may go to the mikveh during the day on the eighth day of her Shiva Nekiyim but not her seventh day.<ref>Gemara Niddah 67b, Shulchan Aruch 197:4</ref> | |||
# After the fact, even though it is forbidden, if nonetheless a woman went to the mikveh during the day on the seventh or eighth day it is effective. Some say that it isn't effective if she went on the seventh by day.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 197:5</ref> Even in such a case she should not tell her husband that she went to the mikveh and either way it is forbidden for them to be together until the night.<ref>Rama YD 197:5, Badei Hashulchan 197:67</ref> | |||
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