How does one create a mikvah in a desert? (IOW, it never rains or snow here).
This is not quite theoretical - IIUC, it is a real problem in, say, some parts of Egypt.
PS. The source of drinking water can be a long aqueduct or a deep well...
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1If you're referring to a place with no natural water source and which would have been entirely uninhabitable until recently, why would you expect that there is a way to build a Mikva there?– Double AA ♦Jun 7, 2017 at 22:12
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@DoubleAA: how about a well?– sdsJun 7, 2017 at 22:19
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1If there's a well they can just dip in the well– Double AA ♦Jun 8, 2017 at 0:37
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judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/26921/…– ertert3terteJun 8, 2017 at 0:57
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Expanding your abbreviations will make your question simpler to read. It's generally good to avoid them aside from comments where you're running out of characters.– jpmc26Jun 8, 2017 at 1:06
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Ohr.edu says that in an area where there is no rain, snow can be trucked in.
Putting snow in a mikveh and letting it melt is in fact one of the methods sometimes used to fill a mikveh. I hear that during dry spells in Arizona they sometimes truck in snow from the Sierra Mountains to fill mikvehs.
See also Chevel Nachloso 6:25
answered Jun 7, 2017 at 22:15
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Ah, so we can just freeze the tap water and place it into the mikvah to melt. Thanks!– sdsJun 7, 2017 at 22:41
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1a natural underground or mountain stream /spring would work. But the ice story is way cooler :) Jun 8, 2017 at 0:02
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