By: Caroline Potter, Mayyim Hayyim Volunteer I wrote this on my last day – for this summer at least – as a volunteer at Mayyim Hayyim. In two weeks, I return to my “real life” and “real job” as a high school English teacher. This whole summer has been marvelously relaxing and rewarding for me. […]
Continue ReadingEditor’s note: The writer of this post wishes to remain anonymous I’m afraid of water, and I know I’m not the only one. Years of swimming lessons did nothing for me — after all, if you won’t put your face in the water or take your feet off the ground, you’re not going to get […]
Continue Readingby Sherri Goldman, Administrative and Finance Director I feel so renewed and refreshed – I’ve just returned back to work from my summer vacation. As I was planning my vacation, I began to think of all the good and necessary reasons for getting away. I get so caught up in my responsibilities at work […]
Continue Readingby Rabbinic Pastor Matia Angelou and Cantor Louise Treitman Over eighteen years ago, we wanted to do something special together to prepare for the High Holy Days. We decided that the tradition of immersing in the mikveh could help us as we each prepared to lead services at our respective congregations. We had done musical […]
Continue ReadingMayyim Hayyim is proud to celebrate our founding President Anita Diamant at our Fall Women’s Benefit Event on Thursday, October 17, 7:00 pm at Guilt nightclub on Tremont St. in Boston. Bring your mother, your daughter, your sister and your friends to an evening of special surprises. Click here to join the party! In celebration of […]
Continue ReadingThis post originally appeared on The Jewish Week’s “The New Normal: Blogging Disability“ by Carrie Bornstein Larry had a problem. It was the winter of 2004 and he’d spent years dreaming of becoming a Jew. Following many months of formal study he was ready to go before the beit din, the group of […]
Continue Readingby Pam McArthur Editors Note: Pam McArthur has the record for the most immersions at Mayyim Hayyim. Read her conversion statement, where it all began. 12 Kislev 5760 November 22, 1999 A year ago, when I told friends that I was going to convert to Judaism, some said, “But you’re really already Jewish […]
Continue Readingby Rabbi Sandi Intraub, Mikveh Guide Zeh Hayom Asah Adonai Negilah v’nismichah bo, “This is the day that God has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24). It was indeed a moment of rejoicing when Sam emerged, glowing, after having immersed in the mikveh. She was now officially Jewish, though […]
Continue Readingby Caroline Potter, Mayyim Hayyim Volunteer I first came to Mayyim Hayyim on a Thursday night in May along with fellow classmates in my Introduction to Judaism class. It was our next to last class, and seeing that many of us were planning or considering converting to Judaism, it was a timely opportunity to visit […]
Continue Readingby Donna Vatnick Water saturates the soil, balms the sky, fills the seas, and swirls between our fingers as we wash our hands before meals. This perfect transparence, a beautiful reflection of the world around us, exists in water. The most striking image I remember from high school biology is that of a water […]
Continue Readingby: Mayyim Hayyim Staff It’s not often that young people immerse at Mayyim Hayyim for reasons other than conversion or B’nai Mitzvah. We are however, thrilled to see a renewed interest in immersion as preparation for Shabbat. For the past three Fridays (and two Fridays in 2012), groups of teenagers participating in the Genesis program […]
Continue Readingby Jessica Lang Kosa My daughter Evelyn was born underwater. Soon afterwards, we collected rainwater for her naming ceremony, and washed her feet in living water as we welcomed her to family and community. Three years later, the two of us immersed together, marking her weaning, and welcoming a new stage of her life […]
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