Mikveh

Israel uncovers Second Temple-period mikveh beneath Western Wall

The ritual bath was found sealed beneath a layer of destruction dated to 70 CE, in which researchers found burned ash and numerous artifacts that offer a snapshot of life just before the city fell.

THE RITUAL purification bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period.
A new mikveh ritual bath in the Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin in Gush Etzion, West Bank, November 6, 2019.

Amid war, fight begins to keep religious ritual bath houses open

 Tehila Ishta (third-left) is flanked by Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef to the right and attorney Ela Skaat to the left, at a meeting confirming her qualifications as a mikveh attendant.

Municipal rabbi publicly apologizes for questioning Jewishness of Ethiopian mikveh attendant

 Ancient mikveh dating back to Roman times discovered in Ostia Antica, Italy.

Ancient mikveh dating back to Roman times discovered in Ostia Antica, Italy


Mikvah-peeping Rabbi Barry Freundel set to be released early from prison

Freundel, 68, who began serving his prison term in May 2015, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years after pleading guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism, a charge that carries up to a year’s incarceration.

Rabbi Barry Freundel

Concern rising over mikveh use amid coronavirus epidemic

Orthodox women arbiters of Jewish law tell women not to immerse in mikvaot if they cannot confirm hygiene of mikveh, prominent religious-Zionist leader tells women not to delay immersion

A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

73-year-old man found dead in Jerusalem mikveh

The circumstances surrounding the man's death are not yet known.

Ambulance

Yom Kippur: The soul’s mikveh of purification

We will try to understand the principle of vidui according to one of the greatest Mishnaic sages, Rabbi Akiva.

A mikveh [ritual bath]

Hebrew inscription discovered in ancient Jewish ritual bath in Sicily

For centuries, the island was home to numerous thriving Jewish communities. Jewish life came to an end when Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492.

Jewish ritual bath beneath the Church of St. Philip the Apostle; Syracuse, Italy.

The mikveh monologues

DR. ELLA KANNER: Moving the mikveh into the public discourse.

When women tell the truth about mikveh

"Mikva the Musical: Music and Monologues from the Deep" uses theater to open up a sometimes taboo topic.

Women of the ‘Mikva’: Sarah Landman, Michele Thaler, Adina Feldman, Malka Abrahams (seated) and Yael Valier

For the sake of Heaven?

In every generation, we have an element of the Korah story. Divisiveness is justified by invoking the name of God and the inability to change any aspect of Torah.

Pool of a medieval ‘mikve’ in Speyer, Germany, dating back to 1128

Court: No need to sign waiver when using ritual bath without attendant

The Jerusalem Religious Council was forcing women to sign ‘waivers’ that included intimate personal information

A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Archaeologists may have found an ancient mikve near Marseille

The town, which is situated 90 miles northwest of Marseille, had a large Jewish population in the 13th century.

A general view of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux