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oughly rinsed with clear water. In the same manner you must thor-
oughly rinse your body and head with clear water before leaving
the bathtub in order to insure cleanliness. Special care should be
taken to rinse the areas of the wrinkles around the eyes, the
stomach (if one is overweight), and the private parts, especially if
one does not sit during the bath. If water fails to reach any parts of
the body the bath is not valid.

A complete bath becomes obligatory under the following con-
ditions:
After sexual intercourse, even if semen is not ejected. Any
degree of penetration makes bathing obligatory.

Upon discharge of semen due to sexual excitement, or after one
has had a wet dream. If semen has been discharged and one cannot
recall having a dream, bathing is still obligatory. However, if
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