Mikveh

The mikveh belongs to the women of Israel, not to those who yell at them - opinion

Publicly funded mikvaot exist to serve the people of Israel. Every woman who enters should be treated with respect.

A new mikveh ritual bath in the Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin in Gush Etzion, West Bank, November 6, 2019.
Aerial photo of Tel Hebron's Second Temple period mikvah, April 30, 2026.

Project to make Tel Hebron’s Second Temple mikveh accessible to visitors nearly complete, INPA says

 Restored mikveh in White Stork Synagogue, Wroclaw, Poland.

Ministry publishes list of mikvaot with shelters nearly two weeks into war, following ITIM appeal

THE RITUAL purification bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period.

Israel uncovers Second Temple-period mikveh beneath Western Wall


For the sake of Heaven?

In every generation, we have an element of the Korah story. Divisiveness is justified by invoking the name of God and the inability to change any aspect of Torah.

Pool of a medieval ‘mikve’ in Speyer, Germany, dating back to 1128

Court: No need to sign waiver when using ritual bath without attendant

The Jerusalem Religious Council was forcing women to sign ‘waivers’ that included intimate personal information

A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Archaeologists may have found an ancient mikve near Marseille

The town, which is situated 90 miles northwest of Marseille, had a large Jewish population in the 13th century.

A general view of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux

Mikve-peeping rabbi play takes the stage at Capital Fringe Film Festival

The play, while based on the controversial case, is "a work of fiction."

'Conservative Fictions' play, 2017

MIT grad brings mikve observance into the age of technology

Today, MikvahCalendar.com has 65,000 users.

Rivkah Bloom: Enhancing Judaism via apps

Local rabbinates overcharged NIS 5m. a year for mikve use

Court rules in favor of class-action suit; fines offenders NIS 230,000.

jewish ritual bath (mikve)

The Human Spirit: Ten fingers

‘They are determined to show other women that going to the mikve can be a positive spiritual experience.’

Mikve attendants

Disabled accessible ritual baths few and far between

In Jerusalem, with a population of over half a million Jews, there is just one accessible mikve, when it should have five.

A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

High Court should deal with traffic violations not Jewish law, says Sephardi chief rabbi

Yitzhak Yosef: It’s a shame judges are involving themselves with Halacha.

Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef at the Western Wall

Women can now immerse without mikve attendant

“This success shows that the hope of improving religious services is not lost, that they can reflect the needs of Israeli society while preserving Jewish law."

Pool of a medieval mikve in Speyer, Germany, dating back to 1128