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Feige-thanks, I thought that you would weigh in here and know the correct
answer!! And yes, I should have known it.
Bob--no apologies necessary. We all learn so much from med-r. All best.
sharon
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Sharon Dale Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art History
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
----- Original Message -----
From: "Feige Kaplan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [M-R] Wells in synagogues
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> Sharon, indeed men do use a mikva. Even today there are men who immerse
every
> day before prayers (some only on the Sabbath and holidays). And many
immerse
> before Yom Kippur. At the same time, I think Mikvas found adjacent to
> synagogues may have been used by women. And I am not sure that women were
not
> permitted to enter the synagogue before immersion. I do know that
immersion in
> the mikva following menstruation is considered so important in Jewish
tradition
> that in a town where there are insufficient resources, one is required to
build
> a mikva before a synagogue.
> Feige
>
> Feige Kaplan, Ph. D.
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> Sharon Dale wrote:
>
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> > 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
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Izbicki" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 10:35 AM
> > Subject: Re: [M-R] Wells in churches
> >
> > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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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
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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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