mikvah
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of mikvah
from Hebrew
Example Sentences
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He talks with Anita Diamant, the author and founding president of Mayyim Hayyim, which reimagines the Jewish purifying ritual of mikvah bathing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Students from Colby College helped harvest ice from a pond for a new mikvah, or ritual bath, at a synagogue in Waterville.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2024
They bathed in a ritual bath, or mikvah, on the banks of the Gera River and buried their dead in a large cemetery just outside the city walls.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2022
Given how swiftly law enforcement was called, the synagogue and mikvah are, in my opinion, not liable for Freundel’s actions.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2017
Even in the middle of the night, there are women at the new mikvah.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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