41.   The councils, which are controlled by Orthodox Jews, administer religious services throughout the country, including marriage registration and running ritual baths.

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

43.   The religious councils oversee such Jewish services such as the supervision of kosher eating establishments and the licensing of ritual baths.

44.   The ritual bath, or mikveh, reportedly was put up over the past week.

45.   The ritual bath, or mikveh, was put up over the past week, radio reports said.

46.   The religious councils disburse money to synagogues and supervise kosher eateries and ritual baths.

47.   In early May they built a ritual bath on the site without authorization which was destroyed by the military.

48.   According to orthodox tradition Jews should take a ritual bath of purification before praying at an important tomb.

49.   But its name and blueprints which include synagogues and ritual baths point to no other possibility.

50.   Israeli troops destroyed at dawn Tuesday a ritual Jewish bath constructed without permission by settlers near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, a military source said.