medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Tom, I am not sure that it would have been a mikva since Jewish women who go
to the ritual baths after menstruation are not permitted in the synagogue
until after visiting the bath. At least I THINK that this is the sequence.
So, it seems unlikely that a mikva would be located IN a synagogue. But, I
do think there is some tradition (and I confess I should know this) of men
washing their hands before some prayers. all best, Sharon
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Sharon Dale Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art History
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
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Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [M-R] Wells in churches
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> I suspect it would be for a mikva (ritual bath).
> Tom Izbicki
>
> At 09:48 AM 9/6/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> >It may be of interest, for this thread, that wells have also been found
in
> >some early Jewish synagogues and/or meeting places (e.g. Ostia near Rome,
> >and at least one of the Jewish catacombs in Rome). All this may, of
> >course, be quite coincidental.
> >
> >Bob
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