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If the husband is away on the night of mikvah so the wife goes the next day. Can she go earlier being that it is the next day?

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First of all, it is important to note that even a woman whose husband is not in the city is entitled to go to the mikvah on her time (on the seventh night), and wait for her husband to come the next day.

However, in any case where the woman prefers to postpone her mikvah to the next day, even though it is on the eighth day, she may not immerse in the day early, but must immerse in the evening after sunset.

Only in cases of necessity she is permitted before the eighth day, and immersion before sunset, and care must be taken not to return home until after the stars have come out.

Rabbi David Ohayon

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A husband that is away on the night of mikvah can the wife goes the next day. ?

Question

If the husband is away on the night of mikvah so the wife goes the next day. Can she go earlier being that it is the next day?

Answer

Hello & Greetings

First of all, it is important to note that even a woman whose husband is not in the city is entitled to go to the mikvah on her time (on the seventh night), and wait for her husband to come the next day.

However, in any case where the woman prefers to postpone her mikvah to the next day, even though it is on the eighth day, she may not immerse in the day early, but must immerse in the evening after sunset.

Only in cases of necessity she is permitted before the eighth day, and immersion before sunset, and care must be taken not to return home until after the stars have come out.

Rabbi David Ohayon

Sources and reasoning:

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