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Someone asked "what is Holy Water?"
A Christian myth. Christians think that a priest (or minister) "blessing" water for baptism makes it holy. As if. Water is used in Judaism for ritual cleansing, but there is no such thing as "holy water." There is the מַיִם קְדֹשִׁים / mayim kodeshim -- waters of holiness or sanctified waters -- water which was used by the priests in the Temple to wash their hands and feet. It was also used to test a woman who had committed adultery if she wanted to return to her husband. In the case of adultery a husband divorces his wife. She is then free to re-marry. When a divorced woman remarries her status as a divorcee does not affect in any way how she is to be treated by her new husband. If she wants to return to her husband then she must "drink the bitter waters" (Bamidbar / Numbers 5) from the washstand in the Temple (Sh'mot / Exodus 30:17). This is done by her to declare that she was wrongfully accused of adultery. The washstand containing this water was made of the mirrors of the righteous women (Sh'mot / Exodus 38:8: "He made the copper washstand and its copper base out of the mirrors of the dedicated women who congregated at the entrance of the Communion Tent."). This washstand in the Temple was used by the priests for ritual bathing of their hands and feet (Sh'mot / Exodus 30:18 - 21). The washstand / kiyyor / כִּיּוֹר resembled a large kettle with two spigots for washing. Later it had 12 spigots... (no doubt to accommodate more priests at one time). In Bamidbar / Numbers 5:17 we are told these are: מים קדשים / waters of holiness. A bitter substance was added to the water to test the woman -- she had to declare that she had not committed adultery and drink the "bitter waters" as a test of her honesty. From Torah.org: "Adultery - Sotah If a woman is deliberately unfaithful to her husband she becomes forbidden to him and he must divorce her, as it says "Her first husband... cannot take her again to be his wife after she has been defiled"1,a; and she is also forbidden to marry the man with whom she was unfaithful. If a man tells his wife before witnesses that she must not be alone with someone and she disobeys, she also becomes forbidden to both of them. When the Temple exists she can (if they wish) return to her husband by performing the ceremony of drinking the "bitter waters", as it says "If a man's wife strays... he shall bring his wife to the priest and bring her sacrifice with her, a tenth of an ephah of barley flour; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it... and [the priest] shall make the woman drink the bitter water...".2,b It is a man's duty to be particular about the habits of the members of his household and to warn them against sin, as it says "And you shall know that your tent is at peace and you shall examine your habitation and not sin." The water used for this purpose is called מים קדשים / waters of holiness. Rashi wrote מים קדשים water of holiness -- water that has become holy through being in the washstand / kiyyor / כִּיּוֹר — because that washstand was made of the copper mirrors of the [holy] women who had gathered (Sh'mot / Exodus 38:8) [at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting] and this woman [accused of adultery] deviated from her chaste ways. Because the [holy] women [who donated their finery to make this washstand] had cherished their husbands’ love in Egypt (Rashi, Sh'mot / Exodus 38:8), while this woman [accused of adultery] gave herself over to another in depravity, the [suspected adulteress] was to be examined through [the test of bitter waters] (Bamidbar / Numbers Rabbah 9 :14).
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