Enough with the mik bashing. They have filters and chlorine, they are no worse than the average gepishteh pool
Churnbabychurn, I am not bashing mikvaos, chas v'shalom. I am a regular mikveh user and I will use it even when it's dirty. The truth is that on a regular day, they are pretty clean. Some of the state-of-the-art ones like Mikvah Meir in Crown Heights have such good filters and are so clean that I would almost drink out of them.
My leitzonus was strictly aimed at one of the forum members who nonchalantly suggested as an eitzah for hygiene on a 3-day yom tov: "Take a dip in the mik [sic]."
That's what got me going. No, sir, the "mik" is not for you to soak in to dislodge your body crud. It's to achieve a level of taharah.
