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mikvah
[mee-kvah, mik-vuh]
noun
plural
mikvoth, mikvot, mikvos. ,plural
mikvahs .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
Judaism a pool used esp by women for ritual purification after their monthly period
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mikvah1
Example Sentences
Students from Colby College helped harvest ice from a pond for a new mikvah, or ritual bath, at a synagogue in Waterville.
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.
There is also a mikvah, or Jewish ritual bath for women.
Once a day, he performs ablutions at a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath, and he regularly studies religious texts with a partner.
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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