Mikveh (Worms, Rhineland)

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Photo of a stone plaque with weathered, engraved Hebrew text, mounted into a brick wall. — The dedicatory plaque for this mikveh (ritual bath) names Joseph ha-Levi as a donor. The mikveh itself was made of sandstone bricks and plaster. One entered it from a doorway that opened to the outside and descended a staircase to a landing, off which there was a small room. On the other side of the landing are two small windows with sandstone arches. A spiral staircase leads to the mikveh itself.

Photo of a rectangular stone pool, partially filled with water, with steps leading down into it, weathered brick and stone walls, and and stairs leading up through a doorway. — The dedicatory plaque for this mikveh (ritual bath) names Joseph ha-Levi as a donor. The mikveh itself was made of sandstone bricks and plaster. One entered it from a doorway that opened to the outside and descended a staircase to a landing, off which there was a small room. On the other side of the landing are two small windows with sandstone arches. A spiral staircase leads to the mikveh itself.

Photo of a stone archway framed by columns and leading to a descending passageway made of rough stone. — The dedicatory plaque for this mikveh (ritual bath) names Joseph ha-Levi as a donor. The mikveh itself was made of sandstone bricks and plaster. One entered it from a doorway that opened to the outside and descended a staircase to a landing, off which there was a small room. On the other side of the landing are two small windows with sandstone arches. A spiral staircase leads to the mikveh itself.

Photo of a stone plaque with weathered, engraved Hebrew text, mounted into a brick wall.

Photo of a rectangular stone pool, partially filled with water, with steps leading down into it, weathered brick and stone walls, and and stairs leading up through a doorway.

Photo of a stone archway framed by columns and leading to a descending passageway made of rough stone.

The dedicatory plaque for this mikveh (ritual bath) names Joseph ha-Levi as a donor. The mikveh itself was made of sandstone bricks and plaster. One entered it from a doorway that opened to the outside and descended a staircase to a landing, off which there was a small room. On the other side of the landing are two small windows with sandstone arches. A spiral staircase leads to the mikveh itself.

Credits

Courtesy Dr. Anna Berezin.
Dietrich Krieger via Wikimedia, “Synagoge Worms-4125.” Licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Dietrich Krieger via Wikimedia, “Synagoge Worms-4136.” Licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 3: Encountering Christianity and Islam.

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