In Judaism, a body brought home and buried allows a soul to rest and lets the Jewish community honour one of their oldest ...

Water holds a special place in spiritual traditions around the world. For centuries, people have used showers, baths, and ...

I am a secular Jew betrothed to an agnostic Catholic so hardly a likely candidate for the pre-marriage ritual bath. But I’m glad I partook in the ancient Jewish practice ...

The basement of a former strip club in the historic area of Lesser Poland, purchased 15 years ago, has accidentally revealed a historic Jewish site - a mikveh or Jewish ritual purification bath filled ...

Acting as an extension of Baina’s artisanal textile collection comes Apothecary, a curated edit of considered essentials for the practice of bathing. Since its inception, Baina has been elevating ...

Following the invention of opera in Florence around the year 1600, its popularity spread throughout Italy. The early works of Peri, Caccini and Monteverdi offered a rebirth of Greek Drama with an ...

A Delhi man marked his divorce with a unique celebration, performing a traditional milk bath ritual followed by cutting a cake inscribed with "Happy Divorce 120 gram gold 18 lakh cash." He shared his ...

RUTTENBERG: So Maimonides says anyone who confesses verbally and does not commit in their heart to abandon the thing that they're confessing, it's like somebody who immerses in the mikvah, in the ...

Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, begins tonight. In synagogues or in solitude, many will take time to reflect on the past year, asking themselves where they missed the mark. How could they ...

A reporter plunged in to find out. By Melissa Kirsch It’s a little after 9 p.m. on a Friday night and the mood is incandescent at one of New York City’s largest saunas, which is almost certainly its ...

Transform your daily bath into a ritual for well-being by incorporating natural ingredients. Adding milk on Mondays promotes mental peace, while salt on Tuesdays cleanses negative energy. Turmeric on ...