The Laws of Family Purity: A Brief Overview

The Laws of Family Purity: A Brief Overview

For the Jewish woman, immersion in a mikvah is part of a larger framework best known as Taharat Hamishpachah (Family Purity). As with every area of Jewish practice, Family Purity involves a set of detailed laws; namely, the “when”, “what” and “how” of observance. ...
Mikvah and The Holy of Holies

Mikvah and The Holy of Holies

If we want to understand Mikvah in depth, we can turn to the references to it in the Torah. In Leviticus, Chapter 16, we read about the Yom Kippur service as practiced when we had the Temple in Jerusalem. At the apex of the service, the High Priest would enter the...