Mikveh

Rights org. files complaint after Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yosef shames women for private mikveh use

Religious rights organization ITIM said Chief Rabbi David Yosef's comments shaming women who want to use a mikveh privately were "halachically harmful."

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef, December 28, 2025; illustrative.
A new mikveh ritual bath in the Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin in Gush Etzion, West Bank, November 6, 2019.

The mikveh belongs to the women of Israel, not to those who yell at them - opinion

Publicly funded mikvaot exist to serve the people of Israel. Every woman who enters should be treated with respect.

|BySETH FARBER
Aerial photo of Tel Hebron's Second Temple period mikvah, April 30, 2026.

Project to make Tel Hebron’s Second Temple mikveh accessible to visitors nearly complete, INPA says

Burda added that visitors to the site will be able to learn about the bath’s significance, its place within daily life, and “momentarily experience the religious and social reality of that era.”

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Restored mikveh in White Stork Synagogue, Wroclaw, Poland.

Ministry publishes list of mikvaot with shelters nearly two weeks into war, following ITIM appeal

The announcement came after days in which women were left without a clear official tool to determine which facilities met wartime safety requirements.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Women can now immerse without mikve attendant

“This success shows that the hope of improving religious services is not lost, that they can reflect the needs of Israeli society while preserving Jewish law."

OCTOBER 6, 2016ByJEREMY SHARON
Pool of a medieval mikve in Speyer, Germany, dating back to 1128

Divisive issues continue to strain Israel-Diaspora relations

The passage of the mikve law was perhaps the most serious incident of all in recent months.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016ByJEREMY SHARON
A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Knesset approves funds for Reform, Masorti mikvas

In order to allow UTJ’s law to pass, the attorney general’s office said that the government must put in place a solution for the Reform and Masorti Movements.

AUGUST 9, 2016ByJEREMY SHARON
A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Analysis: ‘Mikve law’ throws cold water on Israel-Diaspora relations

The legislation in effect bans the Reform and Masorti (Conservative) movements from using public mikvaot for their conversion ceremonies.

JULY 26, 2016ByJEREMY SHARON
A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Final vote on Mikva bill expected this week

The legislation has generated fury among leaders of the progressive movements in Israel and the US.

JULY 17, 2016ByJEREMY SHARON
A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Three Ladies, Three Lattes: Mikve madness

God help us all.

JULY 10, 2016ByTHREE LADIES, THREE LATTES
An Antiquities Authority employee works inside a ritual bath, part of a find exposed in Jerusalem this past March

US Jewish group opposes Israeli mikve bill

The Knesset bill would prevent the Reform and Conservative movements from using public mikvaot for conversion ceremonies.

JUNE 13, 2016ByDANIELLE ZIRI
A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Letters to the Editor: Soldiers’ reactions

It is also incomprehensible that clerics – who believe in the Bible – can accuse Israel of the Judaization of Jerusalem.

FEBRUARY 21, 2016ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Jerusalem Post Editorial: Free the Mikva!

The monopoly enjoyed by the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate did not prevent the split in Israeli society. Many would say that it hastened the split.

FEBRUARY 18, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

This week in Jerusalem 415131

Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015ByPEGGY CIDOR
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