Definition of "mikveh" [mikveh]

• A ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed. (noun)

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• "So when the sacred and the ordinary get too close, in situations like that, the mikveh is used as a separation, to get everyone back to the right plane, so to speak."
• "The mikveh is definitely NOT meant as a physical cleansing -- you've got to take a shower or bath and get totally clean before going in, so that the water can touch all over your body, rather than being blocked by dirt or knotted hair or whatever."
• "One of the traditional interpretations of the mikveh is "separation.""