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Chayei Adam - K’lal 145 - Laws of Yom Kippur
[However,] it seems to me that this was only in earlier times when they didn’t
spend the entire day in shul, and so Chazal permitted it so that she shouldn’t
become unattractive to her husband, but nowadays when he doesn’t see her the
entire day, I have never heard of people being lenient [with this].
]16[ One who has an emission of keri on Yom Kippur, should wipe it off with a
cloth if it is still moist. If it has dried, he may wash the dirty places alone, as it has
the same status of excrement. It is forbidden to immerse, even if he usually
immerses the rest of the year. 30
]17[ It is forbidden for a woman to immerse in a mikva on Yom Kippur, even if it
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is the time she is supposed to. Even if she doesn’t immerse for the sake of
marital intimacy which is anyway forbidden, but rather in order to become pure, it
is still forbidden. A woman who begins [her seven days of] wearing white on Yom
Kippur, may wash a little bit between her legs. 32
]18[ It is forbidden to anoint even a small part of the body. Even if one does so
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in order to remove a dirt film and not for pleasure, it is forbidden. If he has acne
on his head [he may] and certainly one who is ill, even if not dangerously so, may
anoint himself as he would normally.
םדו רשב
30. See Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 88:1) one regularly does so during the rest of the
regarding the general requirement for a baal year. The Shulchan Aruch rules in accordance
keri to immerse in a mikva. A beraisa (Yoma with this opinion, forbidding immersing.
88a) teaches that one who has an emission on Rather he should merely wipe himself with a
Yom Kippur should immerse in a mikva. Since dry towel, or use a minimal amount of water if
bathing is technically only forbidden when it the keri has already dried up.
זט
is done for pleasure, he should fulfill his
obligation and immerse in order to purify 31. Although the Bahag writes that a
himself. Many rishonim, however disagree nidah should immerse on Yom Kippur night if
(Rambam, Rabeinu Tam). They explain that this is when she is supposed to go to the
since nowadays there is no absolute mikva, because there is a mitzva to immerse at
requirement for a baal keri to immerse, the right time (‘tevilah b’zmanah mitzva’),
immersing on Yom Kippur is forbidden, even if most rishonim disagree and forbid it, either
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