The mikvah itself, by the way, is usually a small sort of pool with some steps leading down into it, but most natural bodies of water are also allowable as mikvahs. It's generally just easier and nicer to immerse yourself naked in an indoor heated pool than in a natural body of water. The rule about the water is that it has to be "living water," meaning either directly from a spring, or from a moving source like a river or ocean, or rainwater. Most modern mikvahs are set up with a cistern that collects rainwater, and a little bit of the rainwater is mixed in with a lot of heated tap water -- that little bit of rainwater is enough to count as living water.
Love makes you do the wacky.
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Mar 27, 2009 2:49:27 pm PDT #12693 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil R. - Mar 27, 2009 2:53:56 pm PDT #12694 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Photos of a really pretty mikvah near Boston. Most are way more utilitarian-looking than this. [link]
Connie Neil - Mar 27, 2009 3:07:29 pm PDT #12695 of 30000
brillig
I adore the phrase "living water". Like "living rock."
Hil R. - Mar 27, 2009 3:09:01 pm PDT #12696 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I adore the phrase "living water". Like "living rock."
And in Hebrew, it even rhymes! Mayim chayim.
Connie Neil - Mar 27, 2009 3:11:37 pm PDT #12697 of 30000
brillig
A happy new time waster!
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I'm Nice Online, Incline Eon, Incline One, Ice Noel Inn, among many others.
Edit: Adding my middle name gives me Nucleon Inherit and Cheerio Lint Nun and my new favorite, Hence Until Iron.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 27, 2009 3:27:53 pm PDT #12698 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am A Dainty Loner! I love it!
Jesse - Mar 27, 2009 3:41:42 pm PDT #12699 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jeer gets hers.
sarameg - Mar 27, 2009 3:42:18 pm PDT #12700 of 30000
Hil, I like your understanding of mikvah.
Hil R. - Mar 27, 2009 3:45:06 pm PDT #12701 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My name doesn't anagram to anything terribly interesting. My full name has a Z, a Y, and a G, and those seem to limit the number of words that can be made. There were a lot of options involving the word "zingier," though.
Java cat - Mar 27, 2009 3:55:14 pm PDT #12702 of 30000
Not javachik
no sex during your period or for a week after.If one is using a barrier method of contraception, this is pretty much the only safe time of the month to use no contraception at all. Rhythm Method.