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* The Rama 199:4 writes that the preparations on Saturday night only include a little combing, but the Taz 199:7 and Badei Hashulchan 199:59 explain that once it is done before Shabbat the combing will go quicker.</ref> | * The Rama 199:4 writes that the preparations on Saturday night only include a little combing, but the Taz 199:7 and Badei Hashulchan 199:59 explain that once it is done before Shabbat the combing will go quicker.</ref> | ||
====Unique Cases==== | ====Unique Cases==== | ||
# In all of the following cases the preparations are separated from the tevilah and as such if possible the woman should be careful not to touch anything sticky and if she does touch something sticky she should wash her hands immediately. Additionally, the preparations should include her tying up her hair<ref>Badei Hashulchan 199:72 adds that she can do anything to prevent her hair from getting tangled.</ref> so that it doesn't get tangled before the tevilah.<ref>Rama 199:6, Shach 199:10, Taharat Habayit v. 3, p. 249-251 | # In all of the following cases the preparations are separated from the tevilah and as such if possible the woman should be careful not to touch anything sticky and if she does touch something sticky she should wash her hands immediately. Additionally, the preparations should include her tying up her hair<ref>Badei Hashulchan 199:72 adds that she can do anything to prevent her hair from getting tangled.</ref> so that it doesn't get tangled before the tevilah.<ref>Rama 199:6, Shach 199:10, Taharat Habayit v. 3, p. 249-251</ref> | ||
# If Saturday night is a Yom Tov and the tevilah night is Saturday night the preparations and checking for tevilah should be done on Friday afternoon and again on Saturday night she should wash her concealed areas with warm water heated up on Yom Tov<ref>Badei Hashulchan 199:84 clarifies that if she doesn't have warm water, she could use cold water.</ref>, clean in between her teeth, and check herself.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 199:6. Shach 199:11 holds that she should also check herself when she prepares on Friday afternoon. Badei Hashulchan 199:67 clarifies that the preparations don't have to be done right before sunset on Friday since anyway the tevilah isn't for another day.</ref> | # If Saturday night is a Yom Tov and the tevilah night is Saturday night the preparations and checking for tevilah should be done on Friday afternoon and again on Saturday night she should wash her concealed areas with warm water heated up on Yom Tov<ref>Badei Hashulchan 199:84 clarifies that if she doesn't have warm water, she could use cold water.</ref>, clean in between her teeth, and check herself.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 199:6. Shach 199:11 holds that she should also check herself when she prepares on Friday afternoon. Badei Hashulchan 199:67 clarifies that the preparations don't have to be done right before sunset on Friday since anyway the tevilah isn't for another day.</ref> | ||
# If her tevilah night is after a one or two day Yom Tov she should prepare before Yom Tov and also the night of the tevilah.<ref>Badei Hashulchan 199:58 and 199:60 based on Sidrei Tahara</ref> | # If her tevilah night is after a one or two day Yom Tov she should prepare before Yom Tov and also the night of the tevilah.<ref>Badei Hashulchan 199:58 and 199:60 based on Sidrei Tahara</ref> | ||
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# If her tevilah night is Saturday night and Yom Tov is Thursday and Friday, some say that she should prepare before Yom Tov and again after Shabbat, while others say that if unless that is the practice she should just prepare after Shabbat.<ref>Badei Hashulchan 199:58 cites this as a dispute between the Shach, who is strict, and Sidrei Tahara, who is lenient.</ref> | # If her tevilah night is Saturday night and Yom Tov is Thursday and Friday, some say that she should prepare before Yom Tov and again after Shabbat, while others say that if unless that is the practice she should just prepare after Shabbat.<ref>Badei Hashulchan 199:58 cites this as a dispute between the Shach, who is strict, and Sidrei Tahara, who is lenient.</ref> | ||
# If her tevilah night is Sunday night and Yom Tov is Sunday and Monday she should do her preparations on Friday day and again on Sunday night she should wash her concealed areas with warm water heated on Yom Tov, clean between her teeth, and check herself before tevilah.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 199:6, Badei Hashulchan 199:68</ref> | # If her tevilah night is Sunday night and Yom Tov is Sunday and Monday she should do her preparations on Friday day and again on Sunday night she should wash her concealed areas with warm water heated on Yom Tov, clean between her teeth, and check herself before tevilah.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 199:6, Badei Hashulchan 199:68</ref> | ||
===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> | ||
