{"id":67,"date":"2011-03-23T09:17:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T09:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noahideworldcenter.org\/ask\/2011\/03\/23\/mikveh-and-midrash\/"},"modified":"2011-03-23T09:17:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T09:17:54","slug":"mikveh-and-midrash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/mikveh-and-midrash\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikveh and Midrash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Q: <\/strong>Immersion in a mikveh \/ reading the Midrash<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Q: 1. What is &#171;Rav&#187;? Does it mean Rabbi?&nbsp;<strong>A: Yes<\/strong><br \/>2. Is a Noahide allowed to immerse himself in a mikveh (a ritual bath)?<strong>&nbsp;A: Yes, as long as he does it with the intention of purifying himself but not with the intention of becoming a Jew.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">3. If the answer is yes, what are suitable words or a prayer for a Noahide to recite when immersing in a mikveh?<strong>&nbsp; A: &#171;v<strong>ezarakti aleichem mayim tehorim utehartem mikol tum&#8217;oteichem umikol gilulechem ataher etchem<\/strong>&#187; (<\/strong>&#171;I will sprinkle pure water upon you and you will be purified. I will purify you from all your uncleaness and from all your fetishes&#187;) (Ezekiel 36:25).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">4. Are we allowed to read the Book of Midrashim? This is the only book we have, we don&#8217;t even have a Tanach yet.<strong>&nbsp;A: You can read it. You should be aware that it is a book of oral law and it does not state historical facts.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Immersion in a mikveh \/ reading the Midrash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3023],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-customs-and-practices"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}