Home›Purification Rituals›All Purification RitualsBrowse ByAll Purification RitualsThe removal of ritual impurity, or the restoration of a state of purity required before another rite or role, from ablution to formal cleansing ceremonies, closely tied to the purification prayers filed separately under the prayer type.FactsLearn MoreAll Purification RitualsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites that remove a condition the tradition treats as impurity - by washing, by abstention, by transfer to a substitute - and restore a person or place to a state fit for worship. Impurity in this sense is a ritual status rather than dirt or sin, and what causes it differs sharply between Shinto, Jewish, Islamic and Hindu law. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe Purification Rituals This group gathers purification rituals, the ceremonies of cleansing that remove impurity or sin and restore fitness for worship or ordinary life: ritual washing, lustration and rites of atonement performed in formal ceremonial form. The browser will find purification rituals from across the traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and the conception of purity it serves, noting the tradition that performs it.All Purification RitualsFilter Results14 entriesAddressed ToAllHayyi Rabbi (1)Utu (1)Origin Period Start YearAll500 (1)610 (1)622 (1)1560 (1)1614 (1)Attested InAllMishnah (2)The Quran (1)FrequencyAllAnnual (3)As the occasion requires (7)Daily (1)Seasonal, at set points in the year (1)Several times a day (1)Weekly (1)ObligationAllObligatory on those who meet its conditions (3)Recommended and meritorious, not required (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (14)Social FormAllPerformed alone (2)Performed alone or together (1)Performed by a gathered group (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (3)Clergy or ordained officiants (7)Trained or authorised specialists (4)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (3)Arabia (2)Japan (1)Mesoamerica (1)Mesopotamia (1)Mexico (1)Rome (2)Holds ElementAllWater (1)TraditionAllBeta Israel (1)Breslov Hasidism (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Conservative Judaism (1)Haredi Judaism (1)Hasidic Judaism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)Orthodox Judaism (1)Roman Catholicism (1)Theravada (1)Originated InAllAncient Israel (1)Arabia (2)Japan (1)Mesoamerica (1)Mesopotamia (1)Mexico (1)Rome (2)The Levant (2)Originates In LanguageAllAkkadian (1)Classical Japanese (1)Classical Mandaic (1)Kind of ritualAllExorcism and Folk Cleansing Rites (3)Islamic and Mandaean Ablutions and Fasting (3)Jewish Purification Rites (3)Shinto, Roman and Mesopotamian Purgation Rites (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 14Dybbuk ExorcismPurification RitualsLimpiaPurification RitualsMasbutaPurification RitualsMikveh ImmersionPurification RitualsNamburbiPurification RitualsOharaePurification RitualsParah Adumah (The Red Heifer)Purification RitualsRite of ExorcismPurification RitualsSawm (Fasting)Purification RitualsTemazcalPurification RitualsThe ArgeiPurification RitualsThe Scapegoat Rite of Yom KippurPurification RitualsTovilPurification RitualsWudu (Ablution)Purification RitualsSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. PurificationView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.