by Walt Clark When I think about milestones, ten year milestones are an important marker. Whether it is celebrating multiple decades of marriage, working somewhere, or seeing a child’s 10th birthday, we think these moments are worth celebrating. Everyday people come to Mayyim Hayyim to mark milestones. Birthdays. Anniversaries. End of life. Transitions. They come […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to Our October Blog Series, From Rachel Hillman, Guest Editor October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a month where the media highlights breast cancer, research for treatment and, one day, a cure. During October, many women and men share their stories about how breast cancer impacted them or their family. Last year, after being diagnosed with breast cancer […]
Continue Readingby Ruth Oppenheim When Rabbi Klein announced a trip to Mayyim Hayyim, I signed up immediately. I have reached an age where I am well aware of how finite life is, and I recognized an opportunity for a spiritual experience. Though I was clear that I wanted to join Temple Habonim’s visit to Mayyim Hayyim, […]
Continue Readingby Evan Taksar Before I started the Hornstein Program at Brandeis, my idea of mikveh came exclusively from that scene in Sex and the City when Charlotte converts to Judaism. I had no idea the mikveh was also used for brides, niddah (monthly immersion), and many other reasons. The truth is, I had very little knowledge of […]
Continue Readingby Gail Kazin With the big 6-0 looming in the wings I had considered how I might celebrate this meaningful birthday. Since neither of my parents had lived to be sixty, I looked forward to the day with tremendous gratitude and some trepidation. At some point I decided that immersion at Mayyim Hayyim was perhaps […]
Continue Readingby Rabbi Haviva Ner David I arrived home last night to Israel, where I live with my husband and seven children. We were all in the U.S. to visit family, and I stayed on for a short book tour for my new memoir. It was an intense three weeks of 24/7 family bonding and little […]
Continue Readingby Sara Epstein At 10 am, I arrived first at the mikveh Mayyim Hayyim in Newton. I rang the bell and was greeted warmly by Amy, my guide. She showed me around the building while we awaited the arrival of three friends who would be coming to witness my ritual cleansing immersion in the Living Waters […]
Continue Readingby Alice Levine I’ve always been drawn to water, especially fresh and moving water. Swimming in a fresh, clean lake with no motor boats allowed and no cars in sight or hearing range is my idea of heaven. Hiking is not my exercise of choice, unless it’s to a mountain lake or waterfall. I’m not […]
Continue Readingby Leah Hart Tennen It was a tough decision to leave my role of Mikveh Center Director at Mayyim Hayyim, one I struggled with for quite a while. I loved the organization; I loved my co-workers; I LOVED my volunteer Mikveh Guides…I still love the organization, my former co-workers (and current friends) and LOVE my […]
Continue Readingby Nancy Sohn Schwartz Originally posted on Rabbitziona.com. Reposted with permission from author. Three months ago, just after my 69th birthday, I went to the mikveh. It was an experience that I will remember for the rest of my life. Ten years ago, while attending a CAJE Conference at Ohio State University, I was approached by a man, […]
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: 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 […]
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