mikvah

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The religious observance has built a mikvah, a ritual bath for spiritual purification.

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  1. noun A ritual purification bath taken by Jews on certain occasions, as before the Sabbath or after menstruation or ejaculation.
  2. noun A building, room, or fixture in which this bath takes place.

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  • "Man or woman I will have a mikvah," decided the MANN. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 06 - December 1997
  • No one would ever expect that a religious pervert would hang out at an all male mikvah, where hasidic men and boys walk around naked and dip (together) in the ritual bath. —  The Kvetcher
  • The absurdity and indignity of the mikvah attendant checking for telltale menstrual stains, the prissy, parochial self-regard of the womenfolk of the rabbi's household she visits in upstate New York, the unfashionable long skirts, the forbidden toothbrush on Shabbat-the accessories of her blossoming new faith are an embarrassment to her and a challenge. —  The New York Review of Books
  • Because when he (or she) converted and went to the mikvah —  Israelated - English Israel blogs
  • Mikvah Mei Menachem, a $350,000, 1,100-square-foot ritual bath facility set in north Redondo Beach on the expansive campus of Jewish Community Center-Chabad of the Beach Cities, brings an opulent mikvah option to the South Bay area. —  Articles
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  1. Hebrew miqwâ, reservoir or miqwe, collection (of water), immersion pool, both from qāwâ, to collect; see qbw in Semitic roots.
 

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