mikvah

Mayyim Hayyim mikvah in Massachusetts closes to prevent coronavirus spread

Like many other mikvahs, the ritual bath had been employing enhanced cleaning procedures in order to stay open.

By Josefin Dolsten April 3, 2020 4:38 pm

Why Jewish communities are keeping mikvahs open amid the coronavirus outbreak — for now

Women’s ritual immersion has distancing built in, but the continued operation of the baths raises questions with nearly all public spaces closing temporarily.

March 20, 2020 2:36 pm

Descendants of forcefully converted Jews open mikvah in northern Brazil

The event in Tibau is part of a development that has led hundreds to convert and to the opening of a dozen synagogues for people whose ancestors fled the Inquisition.

August 9, 2019 10:40 am