(Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation)
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mikvah::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | bath |
Examples of mikvah
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As he was digging, two Israeli tourists happened by and uttered the word mikvah.
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The mikvah itself, beneath a mosaic of a blue sky and white clouds, was pristine.
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This egalitarian community has the only mikvah between Winnipeg and Toronto.
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Fundraising for the mikvah, built at a cost of more than $250,000, began a year later.
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Ritual immersion in a small pool of water known as a mikvah is required.
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Phelps had used the mikvah throughout her eight-year marriage.
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During that time Tamar visited the mikvah, or ritual bath.
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They have a rabbi, a functioning synagogue and a mikvah.
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It houses a sanctuary, mikvah and restaurant.
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- (Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation)
- Mikveh (or mikvah, both also spelled without the ending -"h") (plural: mikva'ot or mikves) is a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism. The word "mikveh", as used in the Hebrew Bible, literally means a "collection" - generally, a collection of water.Jewish Encyclopedia
- Literally, gathering, refers to a structure, a ritualarium, in which water is gathered for purposes of immersion.
- (f., pl. "Mikvaot"); a ritual pool of water, used for the purpose of attaining ritual purity. Immersion in a Mikvah is performed for the following main purposes:
- A ritual bath used by women for purification after emerging from the state of niddah, and used by both men and women in their endeavors to attain spiritual self-refinement
- Ritual bath used for spiritual purification
- (MIK-vah). Ritual and spiritual immersion in water from a natural source.
- A ritual bath in which to submerge oneself, at certain times, to become spiritually pure; some objects are also submerged for the same purpose.
- A pool of natural water in which one bathes for the restoration of virtual purity. In the orthodox way, every woman goes to the Mikvah before she get married.
