Ritual washing in Judaism
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In Judaism, ritual washing, or ablution, takes two main forms. Tevilah is a full body immersion in a mikveh, and netilat yadayim is the washing of the hands with a cup.
A silver washing cup used for netilat yadayim
Ancient mikveh unearthed at Gamla
A Silver Mayim Acharonim Set
A medieval mikveh for the purpose of ritual immersion in Besalú, Spain
Mikveh
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A mikveh or mikvah is a bath used during ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity.
Ritual washing in Judaism
…In Judaism, ritual washing, or ablution, takes two main forms. Tevilah (Hebrew: טְבִילָה, romanized: ṭəb̲îlā) is a full body immersion in a mikveh, and netilat yadayim is the washing of the hands with a cup (see Handwashing in Judaism). References to ritual washing are found in the Hebrew Bible…
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