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Imprisoned in a hostile country

The Rav Name: Rabbi Boaz Yurkowitz

Imagine a Jew imprisoned in a hostile country, but granted by the authorities one day a year out of jail to express his Jewish identity. Which day should he choose? And what should he do on that day?

If the Reform Jews have keys to the Mikveh and they clean it, it is not fit for immersion, since they may have changed the rainwater. The law for this Mikveh is the same as it would be if supervised or owned by a non-Jew. (Shulchan Aruch, Siman 201)

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