FOOTNOTES FOR "AUTO BIOGRAPHY BY SAMUIL YAKOVLEVITCH PERVIN"

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"A Jewish ritual immersion bath,  MIKVAH."   - David Chapin

"MIKVAH:  ritual bath in which devout Jews immerse themselves for purification.  A Hebrew word meaning (collection of water), it is also spelled mikveh.  The bath may be taken in a spring or river or in a specially constructed pool containing water from a natural source." Encyclopedia Americana; International Edition