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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jewish people have a ritual bath ceremony?

Is it anything like ritual of baptism and how some Christian denominations immerse themselves in water?

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No.[/quote]

The Mikva bath is for women only, because they are considered unclean.[/quote]
There are lots of ways that both men and women can be considered ritually impure.

Regardless, most non-Orthodox Jews don't visit the mikvah regularly, if ever. I have only been to a mikvah once in my life (for my conversion). My born-Jewish mother-in-law, who has belonged to Reform and Conservative synagogues throughout her life, has never been to the mikvah. My husband has only been once as part of his Birthright trip in Israel when all the boys were required to go (meanwhile, the girls went shopping). There are lots of modern-day reasons why someone might want to go to the mikvah - to mark an important milestone in life or to symbolically reset yourself after an illness or hardship, for example.[/quote]

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