Saturday, 14 November 2015

Can mikvah water become tamei?


Can mikvah water ever become tamei from people's immersion? How does this relate to the essentially "living" quality of the water moving through the mikvah?



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using a men's mikvah twice if tamei or just once?


can zera still make clothes and objects tamei?



Answer



Water in a Mikvah does not become Tamei. (Actually, Tamei water is the only food/drink which can become Tahor again, and this is by connecting it to a Mikvah (Mishna, Beitza 2:3).)


See the first chapter of Mishna Mikvaot (with commentaries) for more about exactly when a collection of water gains this property.


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