Mesorat%20hashas for Mikvaot 9:1

אֵלּוּ חוֹצְצִין בָּאָדָם, חוּטֵי צֶמֶר וְחוּטֵי פִשְׁתָּן וְהָרְצוּעוֹת שֶׁבְּרָאשֵׁי הַבָּנוֹת. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, שֶׁל צֶמֶר וְשֶׁל שֵׂעָר אֵינָם חוֹצְצִין, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַמַּיִם בָּאִין בָּהֶם:

The following are [items which are considered] an interposition on a person [immersing in a <i>mikveh</i>, and thereby prevent one’s immersion from being valid]: wool threads, and flax threads, and ribbons [worn] on the heads of girls. Rabbi Yehuda says: those of wool and of hair do not interpose, because water can enter them.

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