Mikvah Bath

Mikvah Bath

Mikveh (Jewish ritual bath) is one of the most important religious buildings in Judaism. Since the late 19th century, it has been part of row of buildings on Dlhý rad street, which were demolished in the 1960s.

The interior is divided into four parts: east and west wings, entrance hall and rear section.

  • East Wing contains women's ritual pool with depth 400cmto which it leads double staircase.
  • Men's pool is similar, but is hidden under wooden floor in west wing.
  • The main source of water there was a mill drive, but water was replenished if necessary rainwater, which was gathered in tank in the tower.
  • According to Jewish law The water in the mikveh must come from natural resource, flow continuously in and out and the volume of water must be sufficient to complete human immersion.

Entrance hall served as a transitional space between the secular and spiritual worlds. It has been preserved here original staircase and wooden changing cabins. Rear section contained steam bath and bathtub baths, which were at certain times also accessible to the non-Jewish population. Other rooms served as sanitary facilities.

For a while mikveh used as warehouse for the ironworks, which was located in the neighboring buildings. In 1992 was placed on the facade of the building memorial plaque dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust from Bardejov.

Next to the mikveh stands tall brick tower, which originally served as water reservoirThis collected rainwaterto ensure constant water supply for ritual baths. Under the mikveh building is located large underground tank, which helped maintain the water level at the desired level.

In the middle 1950s was in interior of the tower built small ritual bathroomwhich they used the last members of the Jewish community in Bardejov until they leave.

Next to the mikveh is located boiler room, in which it is still preserved today historic steam boiler made by The noon of Charles of KošiceThis boiler was probably installed after fires in 1909 and his main task was to produce steam to heat water in baths.

According to Jewish religious rules it is not allowed to heat the water in the mikvah directly over an open fire. Instead, it was used steam system, which provided indirect water heating, thus observing religious regulations.

Mikvah

A historic Jewish bath used for ritual purification in the center of the Bardejov suburb.

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Mlynska 2777, 085 01 Bardejov

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Mon-Fri: 09:00 - 17:00
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E-mail: luboslava@bardejov.org

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