Family Purity: Mikvah


		Returning to What We Ran From My Spiritual Voyage to Mikvah By Staci Newman I stood in my fluffy terry robe and toss-away slippers, waiting. I looked at myself in the mirror and thought, "What's a nice Reform girl doing in a place like this?" 5 Comments



		Confessions of a Mikvah-Goer By Judie Fein Truth be told, I wasn't convinced. I couldn't relate to abstinence, I didn't understand the association of menstruation and impurity. I approached the experience like an anthropologist... 17 Comments



		The Mikvah By Rivkah Slonim Everything you wanted to know about Mikvah but didn't know to ask 17 Comments



		Transforming Waters By Jessica Klein Levenbrown My tears mixed with the waters of the Mikvah, enveloping me in a warmth and love I had never experienced before. I knew I had come to the right place, at the right time, for myself, my family, and for G-d. 4 Comments



		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 4 Comments



		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 9 Comments



		The Power of Once Post-Menopausal Mikvah By Joannie Tansky I did not have a monthly cycle, would never experience what I had been hearing about – the excitement, anticipation and spiritual renewal that other women had the opportunity to have. What, I asked myself, was the point? 8 Comments



		Is it Me or is it Hot in Here? Understanding menopause By Jessica Klein Levenbrown I keep promising to try to focus on some of the benefits of this particularly feminine growth experience of menopause. And I’m not succeeding. So, I do what I always do when I go through a lifecycle moment... 3 Comments



		Mikvah: The Art of Transition By Avraham Arieh Trugman We immerse in the mikvah when moving into a new spiritual state; the mikvah experience engenders within our very essence the ability to reveal to ourselves and the world our full potential



		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... 11 Comments



		Dipping in Aruba By Helene Storch My parents had treated us to this dream vacation in Aruba. We had everything – but a mikvah. My husband was incredulous – no, astonished – when I told him that I would turn the Caribbean into a mikvah... 1 Comment



		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... 2 Comments