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Covering hair for mikveh bracha

Is it required to cover one’s hair when reciting the bracha for tevila? Is it required for a kallah before the wedding? In general, does a married woman have to cover her hair when she recites a bracha?
Thank you so much for your time.

Mikveh timing for Ashkenazi-Sephardi couple

Do mikvah times follow a woman’s sephardi mother or ashkenazi husband?

Holding nose in mikveh

Hi, once a woman is fully submerged in the Mikvah water, can she then hold her nostrils closed as she emerges and lifts her head from the water? (Or is that a chatzitzah even though she was fully submerged at one...

Found thread after mikveh

When getting dressed after the mikva, I noticed a brown thread on my arm that seemed the same colour as my towel. I only put the towel over me after tevilla. Nothing to worry about, is there?
Am I the only one who works hard to prepare but then afte...

Intended to pluck hair

At the mikva I noticed a small hair on my body, at the time i tried to pluck it out and thought I had.
Now that I’m home, I can still see it.
I’m not bothered by it now and will leave it.
Does this have any significance?

Drying off after mikveh Friday night

I need to go to mikva on Friday night. What are the Halachot regarding drying yourself and your hair after mikva?

Hair becoming tangled in mikveh

When I prepare for the mikvah, I comb my hair very well and take out the knots. Once I am actually in the mikvah waters and dip etc, I find that my hair seems to get disheveled. I was wondering if this is a problem. Can hair become tangled or knotted in t...

Fear of immersing

Hi! A friend of mine asked me to ask if you know another way to go to the mikvah if you have a big fear of putting your head under. Therapy is being used, but is there an alternative way of not having to go under the water? The fear is actually stopping h...

Mikveh attendant guidelines

I have been asked to be a balanit at a remote mikva in a small town. I have not done it before but there is no one else to do it.
I know I have to witness that her hair is fully submerged and say “kosher” after. Do I also have to make su...

Can’t immerse after surgery

I recently had surgery. I will not be able to immerse in water for about a month and therefore not be able to go to the mikvah. What if anything can I do to not be in niddah?

Plaster cast

I got my period recently, and in principle should be ready to go to the mikva at the end of next week.
The problem is that I broke a bone and have an unremovable (and unwashable) plaster cast on my arm, which is supposed to be on for 3+ more weeks (...

Foot hit a step underwater

The last time that I went to the mikvah, the attendant requested that I dunk a few extra times because she thought that my foot hit a step on some of my immersions. I was under the impression that if that happens, the immersion is still considered kosher ...

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