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mikveh
Also known as mikvah
thumb|Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
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- Etymology
- History
- Requirements
- Water transport
- Size and practical arrangements
- Background
- Laws
- Customs
- Requirements during use
- Modern practice
- Orthodox Judaism
- Conservative Judaism
- Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism
- Transgender people
- Interpretations
- Allegory
- Controversies
- Use by non-Orthodox converts
- Intrusive questions
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thumb|Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
A mikveh (; ; ) or mikvah () is a bath used during ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity.