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===If She Forgot to Prepare===
===If She Forgot to Prepare===
# If a woman forgot to clean herself even if she checked for any chatzitza her tevilah is invalid.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 199:8</ref>  
# If a woman forgot to clean herself even if she checked for any chatzitza her tevilah is invalid.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 199:8</ref>  
# If a woman forgot to check herself before going to the mikveh even if she cleaned her hair her tevilah is invalid.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 199:8</ref> If she cleaned her hair and body but didn't check herself there is a dispute if her tevilah was valid.<ref>According to the Taz it is effective and according to the Sidrei Tahara it is not.</ref>
# If a woman forgot to check herself before going to the mikveh even if she cleaned her hair her tevilah is invalid.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 199:8</ref> If she cleaned her hair and body but didn't check herself there is a dispute if her tevilah was valid.<ref>According to the Taz it is effective and according to the Sidrei Tahara it is not. Badei Hashulchan 199:1 s.v. vechen connects their dispute with our case in Shulchan Aruch, which implies like the Taz.</ref>
## If a woman forgot to check the bodily cavities such as nostrils, ears, mouth, and private area, her tevilah is effective after the fact.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 199:9</ref> Additionally, even if she found a chatzitza in the bodily cavities after the tevilah and she didn't check those areas before tevilah, nonetheless, if she was dealing with the same type of material as the chatzitza she found on herself her tevilah is valid.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 199:12</ref>
## If a woman forgot to check the bodily cavities such as nostrils, ears, mouth, and private area, her tevilah is effective after the fact.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 199:9</ref> Additionally, even if she found a chatzitza in the bodily cavities after the tevilah and she didn't check those areas before tevilah, nonetheless, if she was dealing with the same type of material as the chatzitza she found on herself her tevilah is valid.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 199:12</ref>
# If a woman forgot to clean her entire body but did wash and comb her hair and checked herself, after the fact her tevilah is valid.<Ref>Taharat Habayit v. 3 p. 272</ref>  
# If a woman forgot to clean her entire body but did wash and comb her hair and checked herself, after the fact her tevilah is valid.<Ref>Taharat Habayit v. 3 p. 272</ref>