Did the Karaites and Hasidim Essentially Share a Mikveh in the Old City of Jerusalem?
From the Brill entry on the Anan Ben David Synagogue:
“The oldest known Karaite synagogue is the one in Jerusalem. …The northeastern room [of the Karaite Synagogue] served as a ritual bath and may have been connected underground to the ritual bath of the adjacent Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue”.
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