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
Torah scroll
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A Torah scroll is a handwritten copy of the Torah, meaning the five books of Moses. The Torah scroll is mainly used in the ritual of Torah reading during Jewish prayers. At other times, it is stored i
Mikveh
…according to Halakha, a Jewish community is required to construct a kosher mikveh even before building a synagogue, and must go to the extreme of selling Torah scrolls, or even a synagogue if necessary, to provide funding for its construction. Formed from the Semitic root ק-ו-ה (q-w-h, 'collect'). In the Hebrew Bible…
A Sephardic Torah scroll rolled to the first paragraph of the Shema
An Ashkenazi Torah scroll rolled to the Decalogue
Torah cases at Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue, Mumbai, India
A 200-year-old Yemenite Torah scroll, on gevil, from the Rambam Synagogue in Nahalat Ahim, Jerusalem. The sofer (scribe) was from the Sharabi family.