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## If a woman's tevilah night is Friday night she should light candles after doing the preparations for tevilah and then go to the mikveh. If that's not possible, she should light earlier with a stipulation that she isn't accepting Shabbat and then do the preparations and go to the mikveh.<Ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 160:5</ref> | ## If a woman's tevilah night is Friday night she should light candles after doing the preparations for tevilah and then go to the mikveh. If that's not possible, she should light earlier with a stipulation that she isn't accepting Shabbat and then do the preparations and go to the mikveh.<Ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 160:5</ref> | ||
====Saturday Night==== | ====Saturday Night==== | ||
# If a woman's tevilah night is Saturday night according to Sephardim the preparations for the tevilah should take place on Saturday night.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 199:4</ref> According to Ashkenazim the preparation should also take place on Friday afternoon and again on Saturday night.<ref>Rama YD 199:4, Shach 199: | # If a woman's tevilah night is Saturday night according to Sephardim the preparations for the tevilah should take place on Saturday night.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 199:4. According to the Shiltot (see Tosfot Niddah 68a s.v. kach) the gemara Niddah 68a states that whenever possible the preparation for the tevilah should be at night immediately prior to the tevilah. Additionally, according to Rashi (with the emendation of the Bach) the gemara Niddah 68a says that if it is impossible to do the preparation during the day such as if the tevilah night is Saturday night the preparations should take place at night. The Tur and Shulchan Aruch YD 199:4 therefore write that the preparations should be on Saturday night. </ref> According to Ashkenazim the preparation should also take place on Friday afternoon and again on Saturday night.<ref>The Tur 199:4 writes that although the preparations could happen on Saturday night a proper practice is to prepare on Friday and again on Saturday night. The Bet Yosef 199:4 questions why it is a good practice if according to all opinions the gemara warrants doing it at night. The Rama YD 199:4 quotes this practice. The Shach 199:6 has an alternate explanation of the gemara and Rashi. According to the Shach, the preparations should always be done during the day even if it is impossible to do it during the day immediately prior to the tevilah, though if it is impossible to do the tevilah during the day immediately prior to the tevilah, such as if the tevilah night is Saturday night, the preparations should be done both during the Friday day and Saturday night. According to the Shach 199:9 this practice isn't just a stringency it is required. The Shiurei Tahara 199:14 validates the idea of the Shach regarding the Saturday night tevilah night but is very skeptical of his extension to every case that preparation is necessary during the day even when the tevilah isn't for another 3 days. </ref> | ||
==Going to the Mikveh== | ==Going to the Mikveh== | ||
