Judiac law specifies that full immersion in water is required to regain ritual purity after ritually impure incidents have occurred - the butchering of an animal.

Most forms of impurity can be nullified through immersion in any natural collection of water.

Some, such as a Zav, however require "living water," such as streams, springs or groundwater wells.

Living water has the further advantage of being able to purify even while flowing as opposed to rainwater which must be stationary in order to purify.

The mikvah is designed to simplify this requirement, by providing a bathing facility that remains in ritual contact with a natural source of water.

Its main uses now:

by Jewish women to achieve ritual purity after menstruation or childbirth;

by Jewish men to achieve ritual purity;

a traditional procedure for conversion to Judaism;

for utensils used for food.

Christian baptism is based on the mikvah or mikveh - the ritual of full immersion in water.

The word "mikvah" literally means a "collection" - generally, a collection of water.

When engaged in any action that creates impurity, like toiling in the noon day sun in the garden, we 'baptise' ourselves by bathing to regain 'ritual purity'.

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