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For more information, please see Mikvah with three additional chambers and http://koltorah.org/ravj/12-3%20The%20Building%20and%20Maintenance%20of%20Mikvaot%20-%20Part%203.htm

For more information, please see Mikvah with three additional chambers and http://koltorah.org/ravj/12-3%20The%20Building%20and%20Maintenance%20of%20Mikvaot%20-%20Part%203.htm

Even so, this opinion was not unanimous, and over time, the opinion that tap water was not acceptable slowly gained popularity. The main opponent of this position was Rabbi Deutsch, commonly known as the Helmetzer Rebbe, who filled two books (here and here) with arguments against this practice. Others who opposed using tap water included the Satmar Rebbe - R’ Yoel Teitlebaum, Rabbi Eliezer Silver, president of the Agudat Harabonim, Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch, rosh yeshiva of Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, as well as a half dozen others. Nowadays, it is generally held that one cannot simply fill a mikva from the tap. Please see the above article for details.

Even so, this opinion was not unanimous, and over time, the opinion that tap water was not acceptable slowly gained popularity. The main opponent of this position was Rabbi Deutsch, commonly known as the Helmetzer Rebbe, who filled two books (here and here) with arguments against this practice. Others who opposed using tap water included the Satmar Rebbe - R’ Yoel Teitlebaum, Rabbi Eliezer Silver, president of the Agudat Harabonim, Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch, rosh yeshiva of Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, as well as a half dozen others. Nowadays, it is generally held that one cannot simply fill a mikva from the tap.

Even so, this opinion was not unanimous, and over time, the opinion that tap water was not acceptable slowly gained popularity. Nowadays, it is generally held that one cannot simply fill a mikva from the tap. Please see the above article for details.

Even so, this opinion was not unanimous, and over time, the opinion that tap water was not acceptable slowly gained popularity. The main opponent of this position was Rabbi Deutsch, commonly known as the Helmetzer Rebbe, who filled two books (here and here) with arguments against this practice. Others who opposed using tap water included the Satmar Rebbe - R’ Yoel Teitlebaum, Rabbi Eliezer Silver, president of the Agudat Harabonim, Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch, rosh yeshiva of Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, as well as a half dozen others. Nowadays, it is generally held that one cannot simply fill a mikva from the tap. Please see the above article for details.