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Coed Mikvahs

Forgive me, but I forgot who sent this to me. A Chassidish gay friend of mine told me that in the Satmar Mikvah there are actually signs and special things to say if you want to chop a little action in the mikvah. I myself don’t want to see coed mikvahs, I want to see clean mikvahs and mikvahs that single ladies can access.

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        1. Ha ha ha ha! That was my thought too Elana, just didn’t want to voice it, lest I be ordered once more to “ride off on my camel”. ;^D

  1. hear hear for clean mikvehs. coed, i am not so sure. still, it should be a habit of men and women, single or married. and frankly, the men are a bit slack with their duties.

    if the mikvehs aren’t clean, just head for a lake. when i converted, i dunked in one of the great lakes!

  2. The men only mikvah’s don’t have enough perverts?

    It’s interesting that you write about this topic, as a kid another kid told me that the Mizrachi in israel have coed mikvah’s. I remember fantasizing about it and thinking when I grow up I must check that out.

    Btw, I’m writing this comment from a smart phone, and there is an automatic refresh on your site, which makes it difficult to comment or even read the post.

      1. I don’t know about out-of-town, but in New York, there seems to be an abundance of Mikvaos in different neighborhoods. Just go to one in a neighborhood other than your own.
        Also, (assuming that you will, in any case, engage in sexual conduct,) you are avoiding very grave Issurim by going to the Mikvah. That’s shouldn’t be a cause for shame.

        1. I always wondered which was really worse. Being chayav kerisus, or being the greatest menuval bershus ha’Torah to walk the earth…

          1. What are the spiritual penalties for “parting the Red Sea”?
            What are they for simple non-adulterous fornication?
            Compare and contrast and consider them together.

          2. My point is, if someone goes through the trouble of having prohibited s@x in a manner which it’s still against the Torah but there’s no death, he’s not chayav kerisus, but he’s still a pervert.

            Most perverts know what they are. This guy will walk around thinking he keeps halacha.

            It doesn’t say anywhere “anyone who is guilty of cohabitation with a nidda has no portion in the world to come”. But it does say “Menuval bershus ha’Torah ein lo chelek l’olam haba” – one who acts perversely, yet does so within the guidelines of the Torah has no share in the world to come.

            The way I understood this was, a guy who does an aveirah might lose out on some closeness to G-d and have a bit of a bill to pay. But one who thinks of ways to get around G-d’s will for free, is sort of fusing himself with a “I do what I want for free” attitude, which will ultimately bring him to who knows what.

      2. I don’t know about out-of-town, but in New York, there seems to be an abundance of Mikvaos in a variety of neighborhoods. Just go to a Mikvah in a neighborhood other than your own.
        Also, ( IF you will in any case engage in sexual conduct,) you are avoiding very grave Issurim by going to the Mikvah. That shouldn’t be a cause for shame.

  3. Clean?? Get serious.

    I daven in a chasidish beis medrash,with the mandatory coffee urn and stainless steel trough for washing. Before they got onto foam cups,we had glass coffee mugs,which ,after use,got dumped in the aforementioned trough ,where they got a good coating of bits of candle wax,grease,hair,and who kows what. Epidemiologists have a field day with chasidish institutions.

    One day, I needed my fix of coffee,and looked at the trough. The usual sorry mix of mugs and grime. No hot water.An old chasid, Moishe sees me staring at the mix.

    In a strong voice,he asks ` Shmutzik?`

    I nod,yes.

    In an equally strong voice,he furthers ` Chasidim?`

  4. The idea of toiveling to make a single women ,er,permitted is crazy. Next,you`ll say that ha ving an invisilble wire ( monofilament) strung up across telephone poles can make carrying on Shabbos okay.

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