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MIKVAH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("mikvah" is a kind of...):
bath (a soaking and washing in a bathtub)
Domain category:
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
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