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mikvah

or ·

[ Sephardic Hebrew mee-kvah; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English mik-vuh ]

noun

Hebrew.
plural mikvoth, mikvot, mikvos English mikvahs
  1. a ritual bath to which Orthodox Jews are traditionally required to go on certain occasions, as before the Sabbath and after each menstrual period, to cleanse and purify themselves.


mikvah

/ mikˈvɑ; ˈmikvə /

noun

  1. Judaism a pool used esp by women for ritual purification after their monthly period
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Origin of mikvah1

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Students from Colby College helped harvest ice from a pond for a new mikvah, or ritual bath, at a synagogue in Waterville.

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They bathed in a ritual bath, or mikvah, on the banks of the Gera River and buried their dead in a large cemetery just outside the city walls.

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There is also a mikvah, or Jewish ritual bath for women.

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Once a day, he performs ablutions at a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath, and he regularly studies religious texts with a partner.

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Plans are underway to break ground on the country’s first Jewish cemetery and ritual bath known as a mikvah, according to Rabbi Mendel Duchman, who helps run the country’s Jewish Community Center.

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