mikveh

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Definition von mikveh im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed

On the night before her wedding Channa Washinsky would certainly have immersed herself in the ritually cleansing waters of the mikveh.

{i} Jewish ritual bath in which people immerse themselves on special occasions; Jewish ritual bath in which Jewish women immerse themselves to attain ritual purity following menstruation or after giving birth

Silbentrennung

mik·veh

Etymologie

() From Hebrew מִקְוֶה (mikvé, “collection (of water)”).