Responsa for Chullin 61:56
נדה שנאנסה וטבלה אמר רב יהודה אמר רב
Whence do you know this? - From the following Mishnah which we learnt: If a wave containing forty se'ah [of water] was detached [from the sea] and fell upon a man or upon vessels [that were unclean], they are now clean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They have thus received a ritual immersion. Forty se'ah is the minimum amount of water to constitute a mikweh. V. Mik. V, 6.');"><sup>18</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. I have heard that you permit a woman to attend the bath-house for further lavation, after her required immersion in a ritual bath.
A. I can find no reason for prohibiting such practice. For the original prohibition against washing in ordinary water after immersion in a ritual bath, was directed only against persons preparing themselves for sacred duties; while a woman prepares herself for a secular purpose. My teacher R. Isaak of Vienna, was wont to prohibit such practice; nevertheless, when I once presented my point of view discussing the matter at length in his presence, he did not contradict me. I also heard from young men from Mantua, that when he (?) inquired about the matter from Rabbi Isaiah of Burgundy [of Trani], the latter also permitted the practice.
SOURCES: P. 289; Am. II, 55; cf. Mord. Sheb. 750.
A. I can find no reason for prohibiting such practice. For the original prohibition against washing in ordinary water after immersion in a ritual bath, was directed only against persons preparing themselves for sacred duties; while a woman prepares herself for a secular purpose. My teacher R. Isaak of Vienna, was wont to prohibit such practice; nevertheless, when I once presented my point of view discussing the matter at length in his presence, he did not contradict me. I also heard from young men from Mantua, that when he (?) inquired about the matter from Rabbi Isaiah of Burgundy [of Trani], the latter also permitted the practice.
SOURCES: P. 289; Am. II, 55; cf. Mord. Sheb. 750.
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