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Married women traditionally go to the mikveh following their period and before resuming sexual relations. The waters of the mikveh symbolically purify – they are seen as waters of rebirth. A convert immerses in the mikveh as part of conversion. * Couples go to the mikveh before being married. *Many, including some men, go to the mikveh before Yom Kippur; some go every Friday before Shabbat.
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