In light of the many requests made by community rabbis, it was decided by the Executive of the Conference of European Rabbis to renew the activity of the Information Bureau on the Mikveh site.

The Mikveh is the foundation of the sanctity of the people of Israel. From time immemorial they have been meticulous in the laws of Mikvaos.

The Mishna in Tractate Yoma: “Rabbi Akiva said, Blessed are you, Israel, before whom you purify, and who purifies you, Your Father in heaven, etc., and says Mikveh Yisrael Hashem what purifies the impure even the Holy One purifies Israel

Some ask: Why did Chazal imagine the purity of Israel as a mikveh and not as a spring? Is the spring purifying more than one degree from a Mikvah? We answer that the division between the spring and the Mikvah is that the spring is made by Heaven, and the Mikvah is done by man, and the water comes from heaven. This indicates that the preoccupation with the purity of Israel is given into the hands of
man, and it is a holy obligation to sanctify and take care of the building of Mikvahs from which holiness comes forth to Yisrael.

For generations, community rabbis all over the world were primarily concerned with building a Mikvah in their community, supervised the observance of the Mikveh and added upgrades and regulations to satisfy all opinions, so that the Purity of Yisrael is whole and corrected.

Today, too, it is the holy obligation of the community rabbi ́s to be on guard, either by building a new Mikveh, whether by renovating the existing Mikvah or with ongoing maintenance, and to be involved with what happens in the Mikvah. The development of the methods, the construction, the introduction of new construction materials – all this requires a great practical knowledge in the construction of
Mikvahs. Even in the old Mikva’ot that were built long ago, there are occasionally repairs and renovations that require supervision and practical technical knowledge.

The Mikvaot Department of the Conference of Rabbis of Europe offers community rabbi’s professional services in the field of ritual baths based on the extensive experience of dozens of Mikvehs throughout Europe and hundreds of ritual baths in the USA.

The department works in cooperation with the Center for Family Purity in the United States, in consultation with the leading authorities in the area of Mikvahs.

We turn to the community rabbis to avail themselves of the services of
the Department of Mikvaos of the Conference of European Rabbis.

mikveh@rabbiscer.org
+49 89 4800 29 06