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Rivkah Slonim is the education director at the Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life at Binghamton University. An internationally known teacher, lecturer, and activist, she travels widely, addressing the intersection of traditional Jewish observance and contemporary life, with a special focus on Jewish women in Jewish law and life. Slonim is the editor of Total Immersion: A Mikvah Anthology ( Jason Aronson 1996, Urim 2006) and Bread and Fire; Jewish Women find God in the Everyday ( Urim 2008). Slonim and her husband are the grateful and proud parents of nine children.

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Physical Judaism  Learning from the Rebbe: Episode 8  Video
Physical Judaism
with Rivkah Slonim and Michael Kigel
The purpose of creation is fulfilled by our making use of our bodies and the physical world around us to do G‑d’s will. Guest Expert: Rivkah Slonim. (From “Messages”—Season 4, Episode 8)
Jewish.TV » Viewpoints » Wisdom from the Rebbe
The Gift of Motherhood  Learning from the Rebbe: Episode 4  Video
The Gift of Motherhood
with Rivkah Slonim and Michael Kigel
The Torah reading for Rosh HaShanah describes two great women -- Sarah and Hannah -- and their intense determination to become mothers. Guest Expert: Rivkah Slonim. (From "Messages" -- Season 4, Episode 4)
Jewish.TV » Viewpoints » Wisdom from the Rebbe
The Lubavitcher Rebbe on Hair Covering  Blessings from Above and Blessings from Below
By Rivkah Slonim
Displaying patience and uncanny sensitivity to the psychological and sociological issues at play, the Rebbe persisted in his efforts. Eventually, it paid off. By the late 1960s, wearing a wig was the norm in most Orthodox circles.
The Jewish Woman » Acts of Transformation » Inner & Outer Beauty
A Feminist on Mikvah  
Interview with Rivkah Slonim by Janice Lochansky
In biblical times, entrance to a holy space was contingent on spiritual purity. Today, it is in sacred union alone that this law is enforced. Until the Holy Temple is rebuilt, it is in our bedrooms that we build the most hallowed of all hallowed shrines
The Jewish Woman » Acts of Transformation » Mikvah
Shalom Shabbat  
By Rivkah Slonim
In the endless conflict between earth and spirit, sheer weight often wins out. Shabbat is a reunion with our inner selves, a return to the primal oneness of our souls
Inspiration & Entertainment » Contemporary Voices » Personal Journeys » On Being Jewish
The Mikvah  
By Rivkah Slonim
Everything you wanted to know about Mikvah but didn't know to ask.
The Jewish Woman » Acts of Transformation » Mikvah
Chassidic Feminist  My Personal Experiences
By Rivkah Slonim
I would describe myself as a Chassidic feminist. The two terms are not mutually exclusive, though their combination is not without tension...
The Jewish Woman » Spirituality and the Feminine » Celebrating Jewish Womanhood


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