Cisterns are commonly used in areas where water is scarce, either because it is rare or because it has been depleted due to heavy use.

The accomplished design, together with the high level of craftsmanship, clearly indicate a metropolitan origin for the majority of these pieces, but unfortunately the surviving Shaftesbury Account Books contain few references to London cabinet-makers other than William Hallett, his name appearing a number of times between 1745 and 1757 with references to ' carved chairs ,' ' the Blew Bed ,' and ' Mahogany Cisterns.

Cisterns today can also be outfitted with filters or other water purification methods when the water is meant for consumption.

Cisterns are distinguished from wells by their waterproof linings.

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Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater.

Cisterns may also be used to store water for firefighting in areas where there is an inadequate water supply.

Cisterns ) is a kibbutz in southern Israel.

Cisterns for water storage were built and a soap factory was established which produced high quality soap sold to tourists.

The early history of the synagogue is obscure, but it seems to be an institution developed for public Jewish worship during the Babylonian captivity when the Jews ( and Jewish Proselytes ) did not have access to a Temple ( the First Temple having been destroyed c. 586 BC ) for ritual sacrifice.

The adoption of the radical Pittsburgh Platform in 1885, which dismissed observance of the ritual commandments and Jewish peoplehood as " anachronistic ", created a permanent wedge between the Reform movement and more traditional American Jews.

Before glasnost, according to an article in The Jewish Press, Jewish ritual circumcision was forbidden in the USSR.

In Judaism, Elijah's name is invoked at the weekly Havdalah ritual that marks the end of Shabbat, and Elijah is invoked in other Jewish customs, among them the Passover seder and the Brit milah ( ritual circumcision ).

The Pharisees of Judea emerged as the new leaders of the Jewish community after the war, and the loss of the Temple and its priests and the ritual of sacrifice faced them with the problem of finding a new Jewish identity.

Within Talmudic literature, Jewish law is divided into the six orders of the Mishnah, which are categories by proximate subject matter: Zeraim (" Seeds ") for agricultural laws and prayer, Moed (" Festival "), for the Sabbath and the Festivals, Nashim (" Women "), dealing primarily with marriage and divorce, Nezikin (" Damages "), for civil and criminal law, Kodashim (" Holy things "), for sacrifices and the dietary laws, and Tohorot (" Purities ") for ritual purity.

In classic Rabbinic literature it differs from " Tzadik "-" righteous ", by instead denoting one who goes beyond the legal requirements of ritual and ethical Jewish observance in daily life.

In addition to synagogues, other buildings of significance in Judaism include yeshivas, or institutions of Jewish learning, and mikvahs, which are ritual baths.

However, a number of explanations have been offered, including maintaining ritual purity, teaching impulse control, encouraging obedience to God, improving health, reducing cruelty to animals and preserving the distinctness of the Jewish community.

It blends evangelical Christian theology with elements of Jewish terminology and ritual.

In March 2000 CCAR issued a new resolution stating that " We do hereby resolve that, that the relationship of a Jewish, same gender couple is worthy of affirmation through appropriate Jewish ritual, and further resolved, that we recognize the diversity of opinions within our ranks on this issue.

In his earliest work, Neusner had argued that the most credible evidence showed that the Second Commonwealth Pharisees were a sectarian group centered on " table fellowship " and ritual food purity practices, and less interested in wider Jewish values or social issues.

Category: Jewish ritual objects

Category: Jewish ritual objects

But as this practice only attaches to certain ( major ) sacred days, others posit the extra day may have been added to accommodate people who had to travel long distances to participate in communal worship and ritual practices ; or the practice may have evolved as a compromise between conflicting interpretations of Jewish Law regarding the calendar ; or it may have evolved as a safety measure in areas where Jews were commonly in danger, so that their enemies would not be certain on which day to attack.

It is traditional for Jewish families to gather on the first night of Passover ( first two nights in communities outside the land of Israel ) for a special dinner called a seder ( סדר — derived from the Hebrew word for " order ", referring to the very specific order of the ritual ).

The New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews draws a distinction between the Jewish priesthood and the high priesthood of Christ ; it teaches that the sacrificial atonement by Jesus Christ on Calvary has made the Jewish priesthood and its prescribed ritual sacrifices redundant, along with the rest of the ceremonial acts of the Mosaic law.

A male convert needs to undergo a ritual circumcision conducted according to Jewish law ( if already circumcised, a needle is used to draw a symbolic drop of blood while the appropriate blessings are said ), and there has to be a commitment to observe Jewish law.

Additionally, de Vaux interpreted many of the numerous stepped cisterns as " miqva ’ ot ", or Jewish ritual baths, due to their similarity to several stepped and partitioned ritual baths near the Jerusalem Temple Mount.

A few of the hamams in Istanbul also contain mikvehs, ritual cleansing baths for Jewish women.

*# Very interesting example of Eclecticism in Konin is set of Jewish buildings, namely synagogue, ritual baths and Talmudic school house.

For this day, it recommended traditional Jewish ways of remembering the dead, such as the study of the traditional Mishnah section about ritual baths, saying Psalms, lighting a yahrzeit candle and saying Kaddish for those Holocaust victims whose date of death remains unknown.

Many Jewish communities refrain from partaking of poultry, red meat, and wine ; from wearing freshly laundered clothes ; and from warm baths.

The excavations have uncovered 7. 5 dunnams, about 5 % of the site, revealing a typical Jewish city featuring ritual baths, Herodian lamps, limestone cups and thousands of Hasmonean coins.

Apart from the Catholic and Uniate churches, there was also a synagogue, Jewish baths and a market just outside of the city limits.

of Mikvah ), or Jewish ritual baths, have been found as well, identified by the steps leading to the bottom, carved out of the earth along with the rest of the bath.

In the central European Jewish baths Schmeis were used in place of birch twigs: long brushes made of rafia.

Today the Jewish cemetery of Casablanca is one of the major cemeteries of the city.

He inflicted heavy punishment for the desecration of Jewish cemeteries.

This pogrom damaged, and in many cases destroyed, about 200 synagogues ( constituting nearly all Germany had ), many Jewish cemeteries, more than 7, 000 Jewish shops, and 29 department stores.

Category: Jewish cemeteries in Jerusalem

In the course of several centuries the site had been used for various purposes including military camps and at least two cemeteries, among them an Orthodox Christian cemetery and a Jewish cemetery.

This pogrom damaged, and in many cases destroyed, about 200 synagogues ( constituting nearly all Germany had ), many Jewish cemeteries, more than 7, 000 Jewish shops, and 29 department stores.

The community owned buildings and property, such as two synagogues, one on Karl-Friedrich-Straße and one on Kronenstraße, two elderly citizens ' homes, a Jewish school, a hospital, welfare institutions and several Jewish cemeteries.

Jewish cemeteries and religious centers dot the city, such as Young Israel of St. Louis and Agudas Israel of St. Louis, serving U. City residents and those of nearby Clayton, which also has a high concentration of Jewish residents.

* There are more dead people than living in Totowa, as the borough includes five active cemeteries: Holy Sepulchre Roman Catholic Cemetery, Laurel Grove Cemetery, Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Mount Nebo Jewish Cemetery, and the A. M. White Lodge Jewish Cemetery.

Lebanon Cemetery are Jewish cemeteries.

Soon afterwards, several other cemeteries were founded in the area: Jewish, Calvinist, Lutheran, Caucasian and Tatar.

On All Saints Day ( November 1 ) and Zaduszki ( November 2 ) in Warsaw, vigils are held not only in the Roman Catholic cemeteries, but in the Protestant, Muslim, Jewish and Orthodox cemeteries as well.

The 9 November 1938 Kristallnacht anti-Jewish riots destroyed Jewish businesses, dwellings, and cemeteries, and a synagogue in Buer and one in downtown Gelsenkirchen.

Category: Jewish cemeteries in the United States

Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries refers to two Jewish cemeteries in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, in the U. S. state of California.

Category: Jewish cemeteries in California

Category: Jewish cemeteries in California

Only a small portion of the graves were excavated, as excavating cemeteries is forbidden under Jewish law.