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mikva|ˈmɪkvɑː|
Also mikve(h, mikwe(h. Pl. mikvaoth.
[Heb. miqwāh, lit. collection, mass, esp. of water; pool of water.]
A bath in which certain Jewish ritual purifications must be performed; the action of taking such a bath. Also attrib.
1843De Sola & Raphall tr. 18 Treat. from Mishna 356 Treatise Mikvaoth. (Contains laws that relate to diving baths for the cleansing of persons.) 1904Jewish Encycl. VIII. 588 Miḳweh... Because of the use made of this word in connection with ritual purification.., it has become the term commonly used to designate the ritual bath... The miḳweh must contain sufficient water to cover entirely the body of a man of average size. 1962B. Abrahams tr. Life Glückel of Hameln v. 108 Every Jewish community had its mikveh—ritual communal bath. 1966New Statesman 6 May 648/2 All women about to marry must endure an interview with a woman in the rabbinate who issues a ticket to the ritual bath (mikva). 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 242 Today, only very religious Jewish women observe the mikva custom—or attend a bathhouse for mikvas. 1970L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish 249 Mikve immersion is also part of Orthodox conversion ritual. Ibid., The average American Jewish couple would be surprised to learn..that the wife should then visit the Mikve before union. 1974Observer (Colour Suppl.) 10 Nov. 37/3 By ancient Jewish teaching..a woman becomes virtually unclean by the act of menstruation and she must abstain from sexual relations during it and for seven days after it is finished. Before she recommences relations with her husband she should immerse herself in the mikva (ritual bath). Brides prior to marriage should also be purified in the mikva and also mothers after child-birth... Reform Jews do not use the mikva. |