Is water baptism (immersion) practiced in Judaism today?

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If so, can anyone please give details?

What about ceremonial washing of clothes?

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, And be ready against the third day:" (Exodus 19:10-11)
 
We invented this, but we call it something else.
The ritual bath is called a mikveh or mikvah. It requires flowing water (mayim hayyim, or 'living water') of a certain size and volume and the person must be clean, undressed, nails cut and hair loose, and then they must be totally immersed three times
People go to the mikveh when they convert to Judaism. Women traditionally go before their wedding and monthly after their menstrual cycle is complete. Today there are innovative uses too. Women go after a divorce or a rape to help them heal and move on.
The mikvah is also used by men on various occasions; with the exception of conversion, they are all customary. The most widely practiced are immersion by a groom on his wedding day and by every man before Yom Kippur. Many Hassidic men use the mikvah before each Shabbat and holiday, some even making use of mikvah each day before morning prayer .
Learn more here:
http://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/1541/jewish/The-Mikvah.htm
There is no longer any ceremonial washing of clothes. Cleanliness is just assumed, it's embedded in the daily practice of kashrut and other mitzvot.
 
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