Mikveh
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A mikveh or mikvah is a bath used during ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity.
Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Excavated mikveh in Qumran
A two-chambered mikveh at Bir ed-Duwali, a Jewish village in Judea destroyed during the First Jewish–Roman War
Medieval Mikveh room in the old Synagogue of Sopron, Hungary, which dates to the 14th century
Tumah and taharah
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In Jewish religious law, there is a category of specific Jewish purity laws, defining what is ritually impure or pure: ṭum'ah and ṭaharah are the state of being ritually "impure" and "pure", respectiv
Mikveh
…romanized: miqveʾ, lit. 'a gathering [of water]'; pl. mikve'ot or mikvot) or mikvah (IPA: ) is a bath used during ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity. In Orthodox Judaism, these regulations are steadfastly adhered to; consequently, the mikveh is central to an Orthodox Jewish community. Conservative…
A niddah hut (mergem gogo) at the Jewish village of Ambober in northern Ethiopia, 1976.