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==If One Didn't Immerse a Utensil== | ==If One Didn't Immerse a Utensil== | ||
# It is permissible to have utensils in one's home which have not been immersed yet as we are not worried that they will be used before being immersed. <ref> Halichot Olam, 7, page 268 </ref> | |||
# A utensil may not be used, even once, before it is immersed in a mikva.<Ref> Rema Y.D. 120:8, Rambam Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 17:3. While the Chatam Sofer YD 114 writes that this prohibition is from the Torah, the Yeshuot Yaakov 120:1 holds this is only dirabanan. </ref> | # A utensil may not be used, even once, before it is immersed in a mikva.<Ref> Rema Y.D. 120:8, Rambam Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 17:3. While the Chatam Sofer YD 114 writes that this prohibition is from the Torah, the Yeshuot Yaakov 120:1 holds this is only dirabanan. </ref> | ||
# One, who for whatever reason, is unable to immerse a utensil which is urgently needed should give the item to a Gentile as a gift and then borrow it back from him. <Ref> Rama Y.D. 120:16 </ref> | # One, who for whatever reason, is unable to immerse a utensil which is urgently needed should give the item to a Gentile as a gift and then borrow it back from him. <Ref> Rama Y.D. 120:16 </ref> |