Definition of mikva in English:

mikva

noun ˈmɪkvə

A bath in which certain Jewish ritual purifications are performed.
Example sentencesExamples
- Under the guidelines, new converts should spend at least a year engaged in Jewish study, face a panel of three rabbis or learned Jews and be immersed in a mikveh, or ritual bath.
- When an excited Miri and her mother left the mikveh on Monday evening, they found on their cellphone a message from Miri's only sister, 18-year-old Sharon.
- As an unmarried, not traditionally observant woman, I had never actually been to a mikva and always assumed my first visit would be on the eve of my wedding.
- ‘I remember as a young girl going to the mikveh,’ Rachel explains.
- A permanent synagogue, Shearith Israel, including a school and a mikveh (ritual bath), was completed in 1731.
- I visited a complex with a traditional schvitz (steam room) combined with three mikvas (warm, hot, and scalding) and group showers.
- A special blessing is pronounced before entering the mikva, emphasizing the holy nature of this precept.
- On January 7, 2003, I stepped into the waters of the mikveh.
- Both male and female must then immerse in a valid mikveh.
- Synagogues, mikvas (ritual baths) and cemeteries have been preserved in many places in the environs of Lublin and Podlassia.
- So the end of the story is I went to the mikveh and renounced my Christianity.
- Schools, shuls, mikvas and community centers began to spring up.
- They reconstruct synagogues, build new mikvas, organize ulpans for those who wish to learn Hebrew, let people experience a kosher Shabbat or simply eat and rest at the ‘Jewish Agency's’ cost.
- Only mikvehs (ritual purification baths) will operate as usual.
- Chabad and AYS partnered to rebuild the mikva, located behind A. Y. Synagogue, in order to make it a state-of-the-art mikva and bring its level of Kashrut to the highest.
- Today a mere remnant of this once-vibrant community survives, but in the 1950's the Bronx offered synagogues, mikvas, kosher bakeries, and kosher butchers - all the comforts one would expect from an observant Orthodox Jewish community.
- The area is marked by many mikvehs, or ritual baths, in which every Jew entering the Temple area had to immerse.
- By the time I had made all the purchases I needed to make, the sun was almost setting, Shabbat had nearly arrived, and the mikva had closed.
- Then we started keeping Shabbat, then kashrut, then I started to go to the mikveh.
- We can build thousands of synagogues, mikvas, cemeteries and hotels, as well as tens of thousands of homes.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Yiddish mikve, from Hebrew miqweh, literally 'collection (usually of water)'.

单词	mikva
释义	Definition of mikva in English: mikva noun ˈmɪkvə A bath in which certain Jewish ritual purifications are performed. Example sentencesExamples Under the guidelines, new converts should spend at least a year engaged in Jewish study, face a panel of three rabbis or learned Jews and be immersed in a mikveh, or ritual bath. When an excited Miri and her mother left the mikveh on Monday evening, they found on their cellphone a message from Miri's only sister, 18-year-old Sharon. As an unmarried, not traditionally observant woman, I had never actually been to a mikva and always assumed my first visit would be on the eve of my wedding. ‘I remember as a young girl going to the mikveh,’ Rachel explains. A permanent synagogue, Shearith Israel, including a school and a mikveh (ritual bath), was completed in 1731. I visited a complex with a traditional schvitz (steam room) combined with three mikvas (warm, hot, and scalding) and group showers. A special blessing is pronounced before entering the mikva, emphasizing the holy nature of this precept. On January 7, 2003, I stepped into the waters of the mikveh. Both male and female must then immerse in a valid mikveh. Synagogues, mikvas (ritual baths) and cemeteries have been preserved in many places in the environs of Lublin and Podlassia. So the end of the story is I went to the mikveh and renounced my Christianity. Schools, shuls, mikvas and community centers began to spring up. They reconstruct synagogues, build new mikvas, organize ulpans for those who wish to learn Hebrew, let people experience a kosher Shabbat or simply eat and rest at the ‘Jewish Agency's’ cost. Only mikvehs (ritual purification baths) will operate as usual. Chabad and AYS partnered to rebuild the mikva, located behind A. Y. Synagogue, in order to make it a state-of-the-art mikva and bring its level of Kashrut to the highest. Today a mere remnant of this once-vibrant community survives, but in the 1950's the Bronx offered synagogues, mikvas, kosher bakeries, and kosher butchers - all the comforts one would expect from an observant Orthodox Jewish community. The area is marked by many mikvehs, or ritual baths, in which every Jew entering the Temple area had to immerse. By the time I had made all the purchases I needed to make, the sun was almost setting, Shabbat had nearly arrived, and the mikva had closed. Then we started keeping Shabbat, then kashrut, then I started to go to the mikveh. We can build thousands of synagogues, mikvas, cemeteries and hotels, as well as tens of thousands of homes. Origin Mid 19th century: from Yiddish mikve, from Hebrew miqweh, literally 'collection (usually of water)'.
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