Space with running water to perform the ritual baths of Judaism. They are most commonly used by women, who are required to bathe there a week after the end of the menstrual cycle. From Hebrew 1502; 1511; 1493; 1493; 1492; ( mikasé "place of hope") . There are other transliterations such as "mikveh" or "mikvah". See gusl haiz , gusl yinabat .