Some Jewish men, and increasingly women, immerse in the mikveh on the eve of Yom Kippur. The ritual bath is also used in preparing a body for burial. Members of the Chevra Kadisha — the group ...

Many grownups go to the mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, in search of ritual or spiritual purification. But preschooler Yonah is on a different quest: She’s going primarily to find out if there ...

Hints of the presence of the 1845 bath, or “mikveh,” were first detected during excavations in 2001. But further digging this winter has […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.

The discovery of a Roman-era mikveh, or ritual bath, on the site of a highway interchange under construction in the Jezreel Valley has united a kibbutz, the Israel Antiquities Authority, a public ...

When Tehila Ishta, a mikveh (ritual bath) attendant, said she received a phone call in 2016 from the municipal rabbi where she lived in Kiryat Motzkin, Rabbi David Druckman, asking when she had ...

A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh, was recently uncovered in Italy – and the find is the oldest of its kind in Europe. On March 10, Italian officials announced the discovery ...

When Tehila Ishta, a mikveh (ritual bath) attendant, said she received a phone call in 2016 from the municipal rabbi where she lived in Kiryat Motzkin, Rabbi David Druckman, asking when she had ...

“The discovery of an ancient Jewish ritual bath, or mikveh, which came to light in the archaeological park of Ostia Antica, strengthens the historical awareness of this place as a true ...

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical region of Israel and the surrounding area.. The “mikveh,” used by ...