mikvah

or mik·veh

[ Sephardic Hebrew mee-kvah; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English mik-vuh ]

noun

, Hebrew.

, plural mik·voth, mik·vot, mik·vos [mee-, kvawt, mik, -vohs] English mik·vahs [mik, -v, uh, z]

1. 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.

mikvah

/ mikˈvɑ; ˈmikvə /

noun

1. Judaism a pool used esp by women for ritual purification after their monthly period

Word History and Origins

Origin of mikvah¹

from Hebrew

Example Sentences

I thought it was a little bit weird to have an alarm clock in the mikvah.

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He offered the girls to do a practice mikvah, which many of them did.

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