@lexaphus

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Julie Weitz and Jill Spector, launched Tzitzit Project to open up this practice, historically held by cisgender men, to women, trans, and non-binary Jews. They join Dan and Lex for the 7th episode in an ongoing mini-series on Jewish spirituality.

Links for this episode:

https://www.tzitzitproject.com/

https://vpa.syr.edu/people/jill-spector/

http://www.julieweitz.com/

https://www.benyehudapress.com/books/life-on-the-fringes/

https://rebekaherevstudio.com/queer-mikveh-project

#LGBTQ #Mikveh

#mikveh (#mikvah, plus some other rare alternatives e.g. mikweh) /mik've (Hebrew), ˈmɪkvə (Jewish English)/ = 1. collection; 2. ritual bath for purification (i.e. collection [of waters]. From #SemiticRoot Q-W-H (generates words related to hope, wait for, collect, vomit)

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"Because the pool is fed by waters from the Gihon Spring, located in the Kidron Valley, the naturally flowing spring water would have qualified the pool for use as a #mikveh, a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in #Judaism to achieve ritual purity."

https://flip.it/1wlDUg

Article "#Germany: €900,000 in state and federal grants to restore the 12th century #mikveh in #Worms"

https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2022/11/10/germany-worms-mikveh/

#JewishHeritage #synagogue #medieval #restoration