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Mikveh Erev Shabbat (Pre-Shabbat Immersion)
Immersing in a ritual bath (mikveh) before Shabbat to enter the day spiritually renewed — a daily practice in many Hasidic circles, weekly in Sephardic and German-Jewish (Yekkish) ones.
Pre-Shabbat ritual immersion — daily Hasidic, weekly Sephardic + Yekkish kabbalistic.
Key passages(3)
Ben Ish Hai :: mikveh-erev-shabbat :: general↗curated_attribution
Ben Ish Hai · Yosef Hayyim · 1894 CE
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Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim · Yaakov Chaim Sofer · 1900 CE
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Curated Attribution (metadata) :: mikveh-erev-shabbat :: general↗curated_attribution
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