Mikvah for men

The moat of the medieval city walls, in the course of which the street extends, was here überwwbt and a corresponding facility was established.

The laws of purity and impurity affect men and women alike. In the times when the Holy Temple stood in Jerusalem, when he entered the Holy Temple or when he ate holy food (sacrifices, teruma, maaser sheni, etc.), it was required for everyone to be [ritually] pure. Therefore, both men and women (married and unmarried) went to the mikvah very frequently. In fact, private mikvahs were found in many of the historical houses excavated by archaeologists in Jerusalem.

In no case do men and women go to the mikvah at the same time. Into the Mikwe climbs man/woman always alone and without a person of the respective other sex is present. Only one mikvah woman/bath attendant is present to confirm the proper procedure of immersion.

Since not all residents in a ghetto like Hanau could afford their own mikvah, in quite wealthier communities often two - one for men, one for women - were built.

The only time it is halachically obligatory for men to go to the mikvah is the day before Yom Kippur. On Yom Kippur we are compared to angels and therefore must purify ourselves beforehand. (In many communities, women also go to the mikvah on this day.)