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Tevilah on Shabbos (Carrying the Water)

On Shabbos, is one allowed to dip in natural source situated outside the city, but within the techum Shabbos?
Is there a problem with carrying the water?
Is this area a carmelis?

Answer:

It is permitted to immerse oneself (but not to swim) in a natural source.

One must dry oneself as soon as one comes out, so that one will not carry the water on one’s body more than four amos.

It stands to reason that the area will be a carmelis, though this depends on the geography of the area.

See Shulchan Aruch 226; Mishnah Berurah 21.

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