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* The Mahari Bruna holds that even if the hand was wetted with mikveh water and didn’t leave the mikveh if it is holding tightly the tevilah is ineffective. The halacha follows the Rama but one should be strict for the Taz unless it is an extenuating circumstance.</ref> | * The Mahari Bruna holds that even if the hand was wetted with mikveh water and didn’t leave the mikveh if it is holding tightly the tevilah is ineffective. The halacha follows the Rama but one should be strict for the Taz unless it is an extenuating circumstance.</ref> | ||
==Accidental Tevilah== | ==Accidental Tevilah== | ||
# An object which falls into a mikveh accidentally does not need to be immersed again. <ref> | # An object which falls into a mikveh accidentally does not need to be immersed again. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 198:48 </ref> | ||
==Who Can Perform the Tevilah== | ==Who Can Perform the Tevilah== | ||
# A child under [[Bar Mitzvah]] can only do Tevilah in the presence of an adult. In such a case he can even make the Bracha. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 120:14, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 37:12, Yalkut Yosef YD 120:25, Sh”t Yabia Omer 2:9(8). The reason for this is established by the Trumat Hadeshen that either no intention is necessary for Tevilat Keilim since it isn't similar to purification from impurity and also it is possible to teach a child to have the correct intention. </ref> | # A child under [[Bar Mitzvah]] can only do Tevilah in the presence of an adult. In such a case he can even make the Bracha. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 120:14, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 37:12, Yalkut Yosef YD 120:25, Sh”t Yabia Omer 2:9(8). The reason for this is established by the Trumat Hadeshen that either no intention is necessary for Tevilat Keilim since it isn't similar to purification from impurity and also it is possible to teach a child to have the correct intention. </ref> | ||
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#A person should not make his utensils ownerless to avoid the mitzvah of tevilat kelim. In an extenuating circumstance some poskim allow making it ownerless in front of 3 people to use it without tevila. When a person reacquires it he should do tevila with a bracha.<ref>Tevilat Kelim 3:8 and 4:19. In ch. 3 fnt. 14 he cites Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Mishna Halachot 4:107 that in extenuating circumstance it is permitted to make it ownerless and use it without tevila. [http://www.torahweb.org/torah/docs/rsch/RavSchachter-Corona-1-Mar-24-2020.pdf Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva dated 28 Adar 5780 p. 1)] applied this solution during covid and the mikvah's were closed.</ref> | #A person should not make his utensils ownerless to avoid the mitzvah of tevilat kelim. In an extenuating circumstance some poskim allow making it ownerless in front of 3 people to use it without tevila. When a person reacquires it he should do tevila with a bracha.<ref>Tevilat Kelim 3:8 and 4:19. In ch. 3 fnt. 14 he cites Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Mishna Halachot 4:107 that in extenuating circumstance it is permitted to make it ownerless and use it without tevila. [http://www.torahweb.org/torah/docs/rsch/RavSchachter-Corona-1-Mar-24-2020.pdf Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva dated 28 Adar 5780 p. 1)] applied this solution during covid and the mikvah's were closed.</ref> | ||
# One can avoid the requirement to immerse a utensil by having it disassembled and reassembled professionally by a Jew. <ref> Teshuvot VeHanhagot 1:450; Ach Tov VaHessed, Year 5783, page 205 </ref> | # One can avoid the requirement to immerse a utensil by having it disassembled and reassembled professionally by a Jew. <ref> Teshuvot VeHanhagot 1:450; Ach Tov VaHessed, Year 5783, page 205 </ref> | ||
# If an item is too big or will be ruined by immersion then one can avoid the requirement to immerse a utensil by giving the utensil to a non-Jew as a gift with a formal acquisition procedure in front of witnesses and then borrowing it back. <ref> | # If an item is too big or will be ruined by immersion then one can avoid the requirement to immerse a utensil by giving the utensil to a non-Jew as a gift with a formal acquisition procedure in front of witnesses and then borrowing it back. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 323:7, Shulchan Aruch 120:16; Horaa Berura 100:77; Ach Tov VaHessed, Year 5783, page 205 </ref> | ||
# In extenuating circumstances, one can purchase an item which requires immersion but only intend to buy its use and not the item itself, as a result, the person is considered a borrower and may wait until the opportunity to immerse arises. <ref> Yehave Daat, 4, Page 234 </ref> | # In extenuating circumstances, one can purchase an item which requires immersion but only intend to buy its use and not the item itself, as a result, the person is considered a borrower and may wait until the opportunity to immerse arises. <ref> Yehave Daat, 4, Page 234 </ref> | ||
