Police issued penalty notices to mikveh users

While immersion in a mikveh by a woman after menstruation is an essential part of traditional Judaism, its use by pious men before Shabbat is a custom.

The United Synagogue has said men should refrain from visiting the mikveh during the coronavirus crisis.

A group of Jewish doctors in advice to the Charedi community said men’s mikvaot should be closed.

Both the US and the S & P Sephardi Community have issued tight guidelines on how women should use the mikveh during the current health emergency in order to prevent the spread of infection.