mikvah
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- noun
- /ˈmɪk.və/
- They knew it was a mikvah because there was a prescribed number of steps from the street down to the baths, and then additional steps down into the bath itself that conformed to specifications in the Talmud.
- mikvah bath
Examples
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Orthodox Jews often visit the mikvah for ritual purification before the Sabbath.
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As Tori ascends with the others to the street, she trails one finger along the wall of the mikvah, its dark surface streaked with moisture.
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I had been thinking about this for many years since I did not use the mikvah at that time.
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And do you know what the Spanish guides tell tourists about that mikvah?
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Before long, she stopped lighting the memorial candles and going to the monthly mikvah baths.
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He explains the use of the mikvah by Jewish women to purify themselves after their periods, before resuming sexual relations with their husbands.
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After menstruation, many women attend the mikvah as a part of their purification routine.
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Before major religious holidays, it is customary for individuals to immerse in the mikvah.
Synonyms
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A bath used to become clean for religious reasons in Judaism
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word mikvah comes from the Hebrew word mikveh, which means 'a gathering' or 'collection' of water. So a mikvah is literally a pool that collects water for religious washing and to make people clean.