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Junior Certificate Jewish Studies students visit Mikveh

NEWS / 19 December 2011

Jessica Nelkin (2nd Year), Tomas Hennessy (2nd Year) and Jorden Bukspan (3rd Year) describe their experience of visiting the refurbished Mikveh, on Friday, 16th December.

Visit to Mikveh, December 2011Visit to Mikveh, December 2011Jessica Nelkin (2nd Year), Tomas Hennessy (2nd Year) and Jorden Bukspan (3rd Year) describe their experience of visiting the refurbished Mikveh, on Friday, 16th December. (Click on thumbnails to open an enlarged version of image.)

"The trip to the Mikveh was very interesting. I’d never been inside one before and since it had just been refurbished, it looks amazing. A few of the interesting facts we learnt were that you have to take a long bath and then a shower before you immerse yourself, and you’re not allowed to have any plasters or nail polish on. Women are expected to go more often than men. It was nice to hear that if you didn’t know the bracha, which you have to say, there would be an attendant of the same gender to help you. They stay outside the door for modesty reasons. I really liked the idea of having sand-coloured tiles in the Mikveh because it really does look like the stones at the Kotel which I think promotes an even more spiritual feeling than before." Jessica Nelkin

"When I went to the Mikveh it looked brilliant. They refurbished the whole place and it looked really good." Tomas Hennessy

"It was very  interesting to see a real Mikveh instead of pictures. We learnt a lot about the functions of it and the required elements." Jorden Bukspan

 

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