A mikveh or mikvah (Hebrew: מִקְוֶה / מקווה, Modern: mīqve, Tiberian: mīqwe, pl. miqva'ot, mikvoth, mikvot, or (Yiddish) mikves, lit., "a collection")...
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The Laws of Family Purity (Taharat Hamishpacha) are quite complex. One of the components of these laws is to anticipate the upcoming period and intimately...
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Mikveh Israel (Hebrew: מקווה ישראל "Hope of Israel") is an agricultural school and village in Israel. Mikveh Israel may also refer to: Mikvé Israel-Emanuel...
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Congregation Mikveh Israel (Hebrew: קהל קדוש מקוה ישראל, lit. 'Holy Community Hope of Israel'), is a Sephardic Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 44...
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Mikveh Israel (Hebrew: מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל, lit. 'Hope of Israel') is a youth village and boarding school in the Tel Aviv District of central Israel, established...
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The Mikveh Israel Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery known as the Federal Street Burial Ground and located at 11th and Federal Streets in the Passyunk Square...
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takes two main forms. Tevilah (טְבִילָה) is a full body immersion in a mikveh, and netilat yadayim is the washing of the hands with a cup (see Handwashing...
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Mikveh Israel Cemetery is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, giving evidence of a settled community as early as 1740. A number of...
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Khirbet Kelafa (section The Mikveh)
sources. At Khirbet Kelefa two Mikveh were discovered. A large one and a smaller one in the residential area. The Mikveh included seven steps leading down...
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American history. She may have been a member of Congregation Mikveh Israel, and she is buried in Mikveh Israel Cemetery. Lucy was enslaved by and lived with the...
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