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# The water should be filled high enough so that when the woman stands it in the water reaches up to three [[tefachim]] above her navel.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 198:36</ref> If this is impossible, one could be tovel in a shallow mikveh by lying down on the bottom of the mikveh, however, if another mikveh is available one should go there.<ref>Sidrei Tahara 198:75</ref> | # The water should be filled high enough so that when the woman stands it in the water reaches up to three [[tefachim]] above her navel.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 198:36</ref> If this is impossible, one could be tovel in a shallow mikveh by lying down on the bottom of the mikveh, however, if another mikveh is available one should go there.<ref>Sidrei Tahara 198:75</ref> | ||
# A woman may not be tovel on top of a vessel.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 198:31</ref> If the floor of the mikveh is made of slats of wood there is a major discussion if it is kosher mikveh, but many poskim defend such a mikveh since it was the practice of many communities to have such a mikveh.<ref>Shach 198:45, Taz 198:31</ref> | # A woman may not be tovel on top of a vessel.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 198:31</ref> If the floor of the mikveh is made of slats of wood there is a major discussion if it is kosher mikveh, but many poskim defend such a mikveh since it was the practice of many communities to have such a mikveh.<ref>Shach 198:45, Taz 198:31</ref> | ||
# A woman shouldn’t be tovel on top of a step of the stairs if it is less than 4 tefachim wide because she might be afraid of slipping and not be tovel well.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 198:31 based on the Rashba (teshuva 828) and the conclusion of Niddah 66b.</ref> | |||
# A woman shouldn’t be tovel in a place where she’s afraid that people will see her because she’ll be afraid of being tovel properly. After the fact if she knows that she did tovel properly it is effective.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 198:34, Sidrei Tahara 198:70</ref> | |||
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