Ritual purification is a ritual prescribed by a religion through which a person is considered to be freed of uncleanliness, especially prior to the worship...

exceptions. Ritual washing is not generally performed in Reform Judaism. The Hebrew Bible requires immersion of the body in water as a means of purification in...

pollution, and may refer to: Ritual purification, the religious activity to remove uncleanliness Purification after death Purification of the Virgin, a Christian...

Japanese Shinto practice of ritual purification by washing the entire body. Misogi is related to another Shinto purification ritual, harae. Thus, both are...

of religious indoctrination or ritual purification. Examples include the Mikveh in Judaism, a custom of purification; misogi in Shinto, a custom of spiritual...

term for ritual purification in Shinto. Harae is one of four essential elements involved in a Shinto ceremony. The purpose is the purification of pollution...

Bible. Its ashes after being sacrificed and burned were used for the ritual purification as a prelude to building their temple. The red heifer offering instructions...

sacrifice to achieve purification. Impurity from touching a corpse requires a special red heifer sacrifice and ritual to achieve purification. The term tumah...

of uncleanliness for a period of time after childbirth, requiring ritual purification. Practices vary, but typically there are limits around what she can...

the Islamic act of dry ritual purification using purified (clean) sand or stone or mud, which may be performed in place of ritual washing (wudu or ghusl)...