The ritual bath was found sealed beneath a layer of destruction dated to 70 CE, in which researchers found burned ash and numerous artifacts that offer a snapshot of life just before the city fell.
The newly unsealed Jewish ritual bath, uncovered beneath the Western Wall Plaza, marks the first stratigraphic identification of the burnt layer from the fall of the Second Temple ...
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Researchers say the mikveh likely served both local residents and the many pilgrims who visited the Temple in the years ...
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A Jewish ritual bath, or mikveh, dating back to the final days of the Second Temple period has been unearthed near the ...
Perhaps one of the most misunderstood tenets of Jewish law, the mikvah, or ritual monthly immersion by women after menstruation, is one of those things people don’t talk about. Among Orthodox Jewish ...
The architect behind a proposed Jewish ritual bath facility in Hollywood was ordered Tuesday to redesign the project after the city’s Historic Preservation Board said its contemporary look didn’t fit ...
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