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...

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

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...

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

on the third and seventh day of the purification process. The Kohen who performs the ritual then becomes ritually impure and must then wash himself and...

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

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

Ablution as ritual purification Ablution in Islam: Wudu, daily wash Ghusl, bathing ablution Tayammum, waterless ablution Ablution in Christianity Ritual washing...

غسل ġusl, IPA: [ˈɣʊsl]) is an Arabic term that means the full-body ritual purification which is mandatory before the performance of various Islamic activities...