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A different allegory is used by many Jews adhering to a belief in resurrection as one of the Thirteen Principles of Faith.

Since " living water " in a lifeless frozen state ( as ice ) is still likely to again become living water ( after melting ), it became customary in traditional Jewish bereavement rituals to read the seventh chapter of the Mikvaot tractate in the Mishnah, following a funeral ; the Mikvaot tractate covers the laws of the mikveh, and the seventh chapter starts with a discussion of substances which can be used as valid water sources for a mikveh-snow, hail, frost, ice, salt, and pourable mud.