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-> Yom Tov / Holidays
-> Rosh Hashana-Yom Kippur
Do you go to the mikvah erev yom kippur
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Yes (barring extenuating circumstances) |
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No, it's not my minhag |
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No, even though it's my minhag (please explain why not) |
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amother
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Yesterday at 1:11 pm
Yes, I go and love it...but it's a clean, well prepared oot mikvah.
It's a tangible way to prepare for the holiest day of the year. I remember my grandma going when I was in seminary and how much effort she put in to go. My mom and sisters go too.
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amother
Bluebonnet
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Yesterday at 1:11 pm
amother Papaya wrote: | What do you find spiritual about cramming into a mikvah and dipping quickly so the next lady can go? Legit curious |
I don't go, but would answer that we have a mesorah that dipping in a mikvah has spiritual benefits, as it cleanses and uplifts the neshama. On the days of the bais hamikdash when the laws of tumah and taharah were kept, we would all be dipping quite often.
Men "cram into a mikvah" and dip all year round for this benefit.
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amother
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Yesterday at 1:13 pm
simcha12plus wrote: | yes you are missing the point.
It is for added kedusha and tahara.
Much more like men going daily or weekly or before shabbos/YT.
It is completely unrelated to Niddah.
There is no chafifah. One can go during niddah. If during shiva nikiyiim, there are differing opinions. |
What? You can go while bleeding?
Isn't that unsanitary?
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amother
Cerise
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Yesterday at 1:16 pm
I’ve gone since I got married and never once experienced this cramped chicken market people are describing.
Maybe because I live in a smaller community so this works, but everyone books a 15 min appt and you usually don’t even see the lady before you or after you. You just let yourself in go toivel and leave. Very civilized and feels like a good spiritual prep for yk, especially because with little kids I don’t always get to feel that holiness on the day.
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amother
Ballota
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Yesterday at 1:28 pm
My mother never went
I went once as a newlywed and was grossed out can never do it again. Waiting in line with everyone, leaving my clothes in a room with tons of stuff, and the mikvah was so dirty from all that used it
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mizle10
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Yesterday at 2:10 pm
I love going erev YK! It really helps get me in the right spiritual frame of mind.
That being said, it's a very pleasant experience at my mikvah. I've never been rushed, everyone gets their own prep room (can't imagine otherwise!!!), everyone is davening and wishing each other a gmar chasima tova.
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BrachaVHatzlocha
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Yesterday at 8:45 pm
Curious if it's certain sects that do/don't have minhag. Like chasidish, litvish, sefardi,?
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amother
Puce
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Yesterday at 8:50 pm
HI Ladies!
I went to the mikva now no cramped situation at all.
Got a private room got undressed put on robe, dipped and then left!
Was actually a very holy feeling!
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amother
Whitesmoke
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Yesterday at 8:57 pm
Not sure why everyone’s talking about being together with more people..
I never had such an experience. All the places I went were nice, clean and respectful. No Mikva attendants or any workers there, everyone came did their thing and left
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amother
Salmon
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Yesterday at 9:00 pm
Not my minhag. Never even heard of it till I came here. In any event, there's only one women's mikvah here and on erev YK it's handed over to the men. (Yecccchhhh.)
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synthy
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Yesterday at 9:00 pm
I go but it’s clean and quite empty. Honestly I’d never go if my Mikva looked like what some described.
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unknown2
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Yesterday at 9:27 pm
Our minhat but always got sick , it’s not clean the water
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amother
Sunflower
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Yesterday at 9:30 pm
Never heard of women going. My husband goes erev rh and yk. He says it's chaos.
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Ruchi
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Yesterday at 9:43 pm
amother Ballota wrote: | My mother never went
I went once as a newlywed and was grossed out can never do it again. Waiting in line with everyone, leaving my clothes in a room with tons of stuff, and the mikvah was so dirty from all that used it |
How can it be dirty if you shower beforehand?
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amother
Lily
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Yesterday at 10:06 pm
For those that don't go because of the situation, if you want to go, there are places that have better systems in place.
I take it as a huge pressure, but am always happy I went. It is my small way of preparing for YT.
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amother
RosePink
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Yesterday at 11:02 pm
amother Denim wrote: | What? You can go while bleeding?
Isn't that unsanitary? |
During the shiva nekiyim a woman is still niddah.
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amother
Gardenia
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Yesterday at 11:21 pm
amother Birch wrote: | This. I went once or twice & was beyond disgusted by the situation there. |
Same
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