Meaning of mikveh | Babel Free

Definitions

A ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed.

Judaism

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Examples

“On the night before her wedding Channa Washinsky would certainly have immersed herself in the ritually cleansing waters of the mikveh.”

“Adjacent were the remains of a mikvah bath for the ritual purification of women, and a kosher abattoir for the ritual slaughter of beasts [...].”

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