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“I flow, I change constantly, I am my grief, I am my joy, I am human, I am divine light, I can submerge when I make the time.” — Shosh Madick. A ritual bath is something that Jewish women have done ...

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(CNN) — The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical region of Israel and the surrounding area. The “mikveh,” used by ...

Discovered outside Rome, the bath, which is thought to be a mikvah, could be more than 1,600 years old. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Ostia Antica When Luigi Maria Caliò, a classical ...

In one of the least Jewish states in the country, a traditional Jewish group working to revive religious observance has built a mikvah, a ritual bath for spiritual purification. The bath opened ...

A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh, was recently uncovered in Italy – and the find is the oldest of its kind in Europe. On March 10, Italian officials announced the discovery, which ...

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