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Definition of Mikvehs
1. mikveh [n] - See also: mikveh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mikvehs
Literary usage of Mikvehs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1921)
"Pools, plunges, and mikvehs to be emptied and cleaned daily; ... The water of
the pools, plunges, and mikvehs shall be maintained in a condition suitable ..."
2. Public Health and Hygiene: In Contributions by Eminent Authorities by William Hallock Park (1920)
"Accordingly, mikvehs can be best classified as (1) sanctioned ... divisible into (a)
common mikvehs or plunge baths operated at elevated temperatures and ..."
3. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1914)
"When sweating-rooms are provided, bathers often prefer to use them in place of
the mikvehs. The temperatures of these plunges range from 18°-50° C. After ..."
4. The Guardians by Murray Lawrence, Lawrence Murray (2002)
"From his cliff, he conjured shadowy Essenes going about their everyday activity
on the mount, in and out of buildings, standing in waist-deep mikvehs. ..."
5. The Book of Jude the Essene by Lawrence Murray, Murray Lawrence (2003)
"Land was available for farms and livestock; a trench to bring fresh water to the
cisterns and mikvehs could be dug. This would be the first step. ..."
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