I reasoned that our ancestors fought long and hard (in fact, we – the descendents – are still fighting) to be able to perform this deep and spiritual ritual, so why shouldn't I at least give it a try?
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Phenomenal. Beautiful account!
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Thank you for sharing your account. I share a similar story/experience to your's and I am also on a "topsy-turvy spiritual journey." I wish you a successful journey.
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Excellent! Very Inspirational.
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This is a very beautiful story. When I was married first time to the wrong person trips to the mikvah were torturous for me. Every time I was reminded about what would follow... But now I am remarried and every time I go to the mikvah it is a pleasure. It is my time, time to reflect and meditate.
Because mikvah opens up our channels and connections with the divine, it also makes us more vulnerable. Therefore, we should be careful and have company to make sure that we are safe.
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Written with such warmth and inner beauty this brought tears to my eyes, I am choked up.
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How Beautiful for another of G_ds daughters to find her way home!!! I am but a gentile but the experience pulled at my Soul.
B"H (Thank G-d) and Welcome Home!
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What a wonderful piece, you have made me proud! You are my inspiration.
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Angela,
It was amazing to see my (same) experience displayed into such beautiful words. I began my journey to discovering a deeper meaning to our heritage @ 34! I found my b'shert (soulmate) and took my first dip the day of my Chuppah (wedding). What an emotional journey it's been and one that I will embrace forever!
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Wow! Thank you very much for sharing such a beautiful experience with us... It is truly inspiring.
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What a beautiful acount! I've never been to the Mikvah either - it's one of the most intimidating things for a baal-teshuvah I think, but Your description of the way it made You feel makes me want to go and connect with all the Jewish ladies before me who truly had to fight so hard for this privilege. Like going to the Synagogue for the first time attending my first Seder, singing Jewish music I half-remembered through my genes - I think it will be a truly emotional experience- like coming home. Thank You so much for bravely writing about it- we hear so little from baal-teshuvahs and there are many of us in Chabad thanks to the wonderful outreach.
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Thank you for sharing this very beautiful experience. I could just feel how you felt and it made me feel very close to G-d. I felt like that I was experiencing Mikvah as well.
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As a convert, I had the opportunity to go to the Mikvah, after my Beit Din (rabbinical court). As in your story, the room was lovely, with low lighting, candles lit, a lovely woman to assist, and my closest sister to share the moment with me. With each immersion came the blessings, both mine, and those of the attendant. The water was chilly, but I was warm...a side effect of the strong emotions I felt coursing through me, I'm sure. After the final blessing, and words of congratulations from the Rabbis, I left the water...and stood alone and crying, at the top of the steps. It was the most joyous moment of my life...and one I will never forget!
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That is a beautiful story...as are all the other accounts on this site... I have never been to the mikvah, as I'm in the process of converting, but honestly, I was apprehensive about it, and when my dear friend was trying to explain it to me, and I was reading all sorts of articles explaining all the things related to it, and what a beautiful thing it supposedly is... I don't know why, but I still struggled with it, and thought about it for weeks. I considered quitting, since I couldn't seem to understand it. one night, while I was sitting in a bubble bath, I decided I'd try asking G-d, since I hadn't asked Him yet... and no sooner had the thoughts passed through my mind, I just... felt full of peace and acceptance about it, and no anticipation... I can't wait to share in this.
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Your story is very sweet, I am in process of converting and I hope that this exerience will hit home as much as it has for you. I also read some of the comments of others about your story and noticed a couple of other converts. It is nice to see others that are just as curious and wondering as I am. I am doing this all on my own and it is nice to see how this event has such an impact on your life. Thank you for sharing this on the web, so that I was able to read it.
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I sat here and cried while I read this. I was born and will die a Jew, but my dad was Catholic and insisted we be raised in that faith. When I came of age I chose to be what I was born to be-Jewish. But since I was raised in a non-Jewish home, I knew almost nothing about the traditions, holidays, meanings, etc. that were a part of my heritage. I want so badly to know everything and reading this story helped, along with all the other Chabad writings I have recently subscribed to. I just want to say Thank You to all of you for your help & advice. I'll continue to learn, to seek, to try to be worthy of being a Jewish Woman in this time. Maybe next year, even the Mitzvah
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