31.   Israeli soldiers tore down a ritual bath that was constructed without a permit in a Jewish seminary in the West Bank city of Nablus, the army said Tuesday.

32.   Later, he examined ritual baths nearby, which he said were too big for individual families and must have belonged to a larger community, probably the Essenes.

33.   Other elements making Qumran unusual for its period are its cemetery and numerous ritual baths.

34.   Ritual baths used to purify pilgrims before they entered the Temple dot the outskirts of this section of the park.

35.   Religious councils are responsible for overseeing Jewish religious services such as synagogues, ritual baths and supervision of kosher food supplies.

36.   The councils deal with religious practices in their communities, such as issuing kosher certificates to restaurants, running ritual baths and dispensing public funds to synagogues.

37.   The councils oversee the disbursement of funds to synagogues and ritual baths and supervise maintenance of kosher laws in restaurants.

38.   The buildings, located in the cities of Bacau, Brasov and Cluj-Napoca, had housed schools and a Jewish ritual bath.

39.   The councils oversee the supervision of kosher eating establishments and have the power to license ritual baths.

40.   The councils provide rabbis for weddings and funerals, maintain ritual baths and synagogues and supervise food at restaurants certified as adhering to Jewish dietary laws.