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.
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Ben Ish Hai · Yosef Hayyim · c. 1894 CE
A custom of immersing in a ritual bath before Shabbat to achieve spiritual purity. Practiced daily by Hasidim and weekly by Sephardic and Ashkenazi Kabbalists. (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) Discusses
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Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim · Yaakov Chaim Sofer · c. 1900 CE
A custom of immersing in a ritual bath before Shabbat to achieve spiritual purity. Practiced daily by Hasidim and weekly by Sephardic and Ashkenazi Kabbalists. (Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer) References th
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A custom of immersing in a ritual bath before Shabbat to achieve spiritual purity. Practiced daily by Hasidim and weekly by Sephardic and Ashkenazi Kabbalists. Documents the widespread minhag of pre-S
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