Mikveh

A contemporary mikveh at the Temple Beth-El synagogue in Birmingham, Alabama

A mikveh or mikvah (Hebrew: מִקְוֶה / מקווה, Standard mikve Tiberian <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">miqweh, pl. mikva'ot, mikvoth, mikvot, or (Yiddish) mikves,^[1]^[2] lit., "a collection") is a Jewish ritual bath. It is used to cleanse ritual impurity. Immersion in a mikveh is also a part of the traditional process for converting to Judaism.

Mikveh Media

Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Excavated mikveh in Qumran
Medieval Mikveh room in the old Synagogue of Sopron, Hungary, which dates to the 14th century
A medieval mikveh in Besalú, Spain
A mikveh from Boskovice in the Czech Republic
Montpellier (France) mikveh in 2022
The mikveh at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, California
Pool of a medieval mikveh in Speyer, dating back to 1128

References

↑ Sivan, Reuven; Edward A Levenston (1975). The New Bantam-Megiddo Hebrew & English dictionary. Toronto; New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-26387-0.
↑ Lauden, Edna (2006). Multi Dictionary. Tel Aviv: Ad Publications. p. 397. ISBN 965-390-003-X.

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[1] Sivan, Reuven; Edward A Levenston (1975). The New Bantam-Megiddo Hebrew & English dictionary. Toronto; New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-26387-0.

[2] Lauden, Edna (2006). Multi Dictionary. Tel Aviv: Ad Publications. p. 397. ISBN 965-390-003-X.

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