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This concept is connected with ritual washing in Judaism, and both ritually impure and ritually pure states have parallels in ritual purification in other world religions. The laws of ṭum'ah and ṭaharah were generally followed by the Israelites and post-exilic Jews , particularly during the First and Second Temple periods , [ citation ...
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Conversion to Judaism requires full immersion in a Mikveh, a ritual purification bath connected to a natural spring, well of naturally occurring water or a cistern filled by the rain. According to Orthodox Judaism , immersion of a convert requires three religiously observant male witnesses, preferably rabbis .
Some transgender people have adopted the practice of mikveh immersion to mark a gender transition. However, many Orthodox authorities who control mikvot only permit immersions that adhere with Jewish law. Therefore, other Jewish organizations strive to create mikvot that allow for different uses, such as marking any important life transitions.
Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, [1] from its formation in ancient times until the current age. Judaism itself is not simply a faith-based religion, but an orthoprax and ethnoreligion, pertaining to deed, practice, and identity. [2]
The triliteral n-h-g (Hebrew: נ־ה־ג) means primarily "to drive" or, by extension, "to conduct (oneself)".. The actual word minhag appears twice in the Hebrew Bible, both times in the same verse and translated as "driving":
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Halakha (Jewish religious law) forbids divination and other forms of soothsaying, and the Talmud lists many persistent yet condemned divining practices. [5] The very frequency with which divination is mentioned is taken as an indication that it was widely practiced in the folk religion of ancient Israel, and a limited number of forms of divination were generally accepted within all of ...