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MIKVA'OT — (Heb. מִקְוָאוֹת; Ritual Baths ), the sixth tractate in the order of Tohorot in the Mishnah and the Tosefta. The tractate consists of ten chapters and deals wholly with the details of the mikveh . Chapter 1 classifies mikva ot according to the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Mikva'ot — Tractate Mikva ot (Hebrew: מקואות, lit. pools of water ; in Talmudic Hebrew: Miq wa oth) is a section of the Mishna discussing the laws pertaining to the building and maintenance of a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. Like most of Seder Tohorot,… … Wikipedia
MIKVA, ABNER J. — MIKVA, ABNER J. (1926– ), judge, legislator, special counsel to U.S. President Bill Clinton. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mikva attended public schools there. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and graduated from the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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Abner J. Mikva — Abner Joseph Mikva (born January 21 1926) is a Democratic former U.S. Representative, federal judge and law professor from Chicago.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mikva attended the University of Chicago Law School, from which he graduated in 1951 … Wikipedia
Mikveh — Mikva redirects here. For the U.S. Representative and federal judge, see Abner J. Mikva. Part of a series on … Wikipedia
MIKVEH — (Heb. מִקְוֶה; pl. mikva ot; Hebrew for a collection or gathering (of water), a pool or bath of clear water, immersion in which renders ritually clean a person who has become ritually unclean through contact with the dead (Num. 19) or any other… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Moshe Gottesman — Rabbi Dr. Moshe Gottesman Position Dean Emeritus Yeshiva Hebrew Academy of Nassau County … Wikipedia
RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — Not to be confused with United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in case… … Wikipedia
