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Mikveh

Mikveh

Not on view
Date1984-05
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit Lineinternal credit: Gift of Barbara Pfeffer; external credit: Barbara Pfeffer Collection, Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York
Object number1999.P.1053
Object DescriptionColor slide. Young woman with an older woman holding tambourine in a mikveh.
Keywords
  • Mikveh
  • Ritual
  • Jerusalem
NotesBP note on 1999.P.2088: Meshed Jew and Mother going into Mikveh (ritual bath) Jerusalem Caption #16 in binder, Jews from Arab Lands: who they are, where they came from, and their impact on Israel and the MIddle East Today: A mother carrying tambourine and dressed in the garb of her native Meshed, Iran, escorts her daughter to a mikveh (ritual bath) before her wedding. [BP note on slide: Mikvei Meshed Jews Israel. Meshed refers to Persians]
Mother and daughter in mikveh
Mother and daughter in mikveh
Object number: 1999.P.1449
Mother and daughter in mikveh
Mother and daughter in mikveh
Object number: 1999.P.2911
Mother and daughter in mikveh
Mother and daughter in mikveh
Object number: 1999.P.2929

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