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mikvah
or mik路veh
[ Sephardic Hebrew mee-kvah; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English mik-vuh ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew mi藞kv蓱; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English 藞m瑟k v蓹 /
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noun, plural mik路voth, mik路vot, mik路vos [Sephardic Hebrew mee-kvawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew mik-vohs;] /Sephardic Hebrew mi藞kv蓴t; Ashkenazic Hebrew 藞m瑟k vo蕣s;/ English mik路vahs [mik-vuhz] /藞m瑟k v蓹z/ Hebrew.
a ritual bath to which Orthodox Jews are traditionally required to go on certain occasions, as before the Sabbath and after each menstrual period, to cleanse and purify themselves.
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How to use mikvah in a sentence
I thought it was a little bit weird to have an alarm clock in the mikvah.
Women Describe How Top D.C. Rabbi Allegedly Spied on Them in the Nude|Steven I. Weiss|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEASTHe offered the girls to do a practice mikvah, which many of them did.
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British Dictionary definitions for mikvah
mikvah
mikveh
/ (mik藞v蓱, 藞mikv蓹) /
noun
Judaism a pool used esp by women for ritual purification after their monthly period
Word Origin for mikvah
from Hebrew
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