mikvahs

In Judaism and in Jewish communities, men and women use ritual baths called mikvahs for a variety of reasons, mostly religious in the present day.

Archive 2007-03-01 Cliff Pickover 2007

In Judaism and in Jewish communities, men and women use ritual baths called mikvahs for a variety of reasons, mostly religious in the present day.

Nudity in Judaism Cliff Pickover 2007

On the morning of the high-profile Hassani trial, Joel is a famous, somewhat self-satisfied lawyer and notorious ladies man known as the Left-wing Lothario, his wife is a pillar of angry wisecracks, their son takes money from her wallet, Karla is unhappily married to a man fixated on her fertility problems, and Rosa is checking out mikvahs.

Skirmishes in the Family Garden Schine, Cathleen 2009

The mikvahs (ritual baths) and other practices were designed to keep things relatively sanitary, approximately 2700 years before microorganisms were known to be the cause of disease and 2900 years before medicine rediscovered the need for sanitary procedures.

Carry-Over Thread 2007

By the Orthodox Union's estimate, there are roughly 300 mikvahs in America, but they aren't listed in the phone book, and they don't have big signs proclaiming their purpose.

Lynne Meredith Schreiber: Forbidden Desires 2008

They come from villages built near rivers so that the women can bathe ritually after menstruation in the muddy waters; therefore, they do not use mikvahs (ritual baths) for purification.

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2008

In contemporary mikvahs for women, there is always an experienced attendant, commonly called the "mikvah lady", to watch the immersion and ensure that the women have been entirely covered in water.

Nudity in Judaism Cliff Pickover 2007

In contemporary mikvahs for women, there is always an experienced attendant, commonly called the "mikvah lady", to watch the immersion and ensure that the women have been entirely covered in water.

Archive 2007-03-01 Cliff Pickover 2007

Stone vessels, required for purposes of ritual purity, are typically found, as well as plastered pools or mikvahs used for ritual immersion.

The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

Stone vessels, required for purposes of ritual purity, are typically found, as well as plastered pools or mikvahs used for ritual immersion.

The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006