Nail polish for immersion
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Question
Shalom and blessings!
We have a wedding, and my wife wants to put gel nail polish on her fingers, and she needs to immerse in the mikveh three days later…
A. May she immerse with the nail polish when it is new and perfect?
B. Is it permitted, to begin with, to apply it when one knows that immersion will be required?
We have a wedding, and my wife wants to put gel nail polish on her fingers, and she needs to immerse in the mikveh three days later…
A. May she immerse with the nail polish when it is new and perfect?
B. Is it permitted, to begin with, to apply it when one knows that immersion will be required?
Answer
Shalom and blessings.
Ideally, one should not immerse with any such additions. However, after the fact, when it is for adornment and is firmly attached to the body, the immersion is valid.
A. When the nail polish has already been applied and it is impossible to remove it because of concern that some residue will remain, it is permitted, after the fact, to immerse with it.
B. This is not ideal initially, and one should avoid doing so.
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