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Women petition High Court on ritual bath restrictions
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn Israeli NGO petitions the High Court to allow women to dunk in the ritual bath, known as the mikveh, without supervision and according to their own customs, the Ynet news website reports.
The petition against the Chief Rabbinate and the Jerusalem Religious Council — by ITIM – The Right to Live Jewish — maintains that women are barred from entering the mikveh with relatives or friends rather than the mikveh supervisor.
The plea says some customs are imposed on bathers, such as removing earrings, or covering their hair while making a blessing, which some Jewish law authorities or sources maintain is not required.
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