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Mikvah: Living Waters
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Family Purity
A Spa for the Soul
There's a building whose construction takes precedence over a synagogue. In fact, a synagogue may be sold to raise funds for this building. This is a mikvah...
Daily Life & Practice » Mitzvah Minutes » Household » Family Purity
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Purifying Waters
Family Purity
By Tzvi Freeman
The most important institution of Jewish life, next to the home, is the mikveh and its cycle of union and separation between husband and wife. Because precious things only stay beautiful when you follow the manufacturer's instructions...
Daily Life & Practice » Ten Mitzvahs » Readings » Purifying Waters
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The Mikvah
By Rivkah Slonim
Everything you wanted to know about Mikvah but didn't know to ask
Women » Acts of Transformation » Mikvah: Living Waters » The Mikvah
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The Woman’s Three Special Mitzvos
17 Sivan, 5740 • June 1, 1980
There are three fundamental Mitzvos entrusted to every Jewish woman.
Separating Challah “from the first of your dough” shows that before benefiting from anything in this world, we “set aside an offering for G-d.” By knowing that the beginning of ...
The Rebbe » Living Torah » Archive » Program Forty » The Woman’s Three Special Mitzvos
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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
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Why Is Torah Law So Restrictive of Contact Between the Genders?
By Manis Friedman
Should any physical contact that is friendly be considered intimate? Hopefully, it should.
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Men & Women » Why Is Torah Law So Restrictive of Contact Between the Genders?
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The Monthly Marriage
By Manis Friedman
Marriages need separations. Sometimes a couple will get into arguments and be angry at each other just for the sake of creating a distance so that husband and wife can feel like they're coming together... But there's a better way.
Parshah » Vayikra - Leviticus » Metzora » Parshah Columnists » Guest Columnists » The Monthly Marriage
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On the Essence of Ritual Impurity
By Susan Handelman
We cannot logically understand the Divine laws of Niddah and Family Purity, but we can try to understand them spiritually
Women » Acts of Transformation » Mikvah: Living Waters » On the Essence of Ritual Impurity
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Mikvah Time
By Roni Leob Richter
The year is the same, the days are the same, but the months are different. It is a time quite individual -- created by G-d, especially for me...
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