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Can Men Immerse in a Swimming Pool?
Question
In a hotel far away without a mikvah, is immersion according to Ezra also possible in a swimming pool? Thank you
Answer
Shalom Rav,
Men can immerse in a swimming pool.
Sources: It is explained in the Mishnah Berurah (Siman 258, Sif Katan 4) in the name of the later authorities that forty se'ah of drawn water are valid for men's immersion. According to this, a man can immerse in a swimming pool. This is also discussed in the responsa of Minchat Yitzchak, volume 3 (Siman 65) and in the responsa of Teshuvot Vehanhagot, volume 1 (Siman 123).
B'rachah,
Hillel Meirs
