"Being a Mikveh Guide elicits the best in me. In this role, I am my most patient, nurturing, helpful, instructive self."
There are many ways to volunteer at Mayyim
Hayyim. Professionals with special skills in the law, public
relations, human resources, and finance provide pro-bono assistance to
the staff and board. Artists and gallery owners act as curators for
our art gallery.
Mayyim Hayyim has developed two important and meaningful roles for volunteers: Mikveh Guides and Mikveh Educators.
Mikveh Guides Volunteer Mikveh Guides- men and women - are the public face of Mayyim Hayyim. They serve as informal educators and tour guides, answer the phone,
provide information and advice about immersion, and do loads of "holy laundry". Mikveh Guides are
carefully selected and trained to do all of this and to act as
witnesses for immersion, a moment of transition and vulnerability.
108 women and men have been trained as Mikveh
Guides by Mayyim
Hayyim. Ask any of them and they will tell you that theirs is the most
fulfilling volunteer opportunity in the Jewish community.
Mikveh Educators
Mikveh Educators lead programs for individuals and groups including
sisterhoods and brotherhoods, Hebrew school and Jewish day school
classes, and many more. Educators teach about mikveh and Mayyim Hayyim
by leading tours, answering questions, teaching classes, and helping
visitors discover how they can connect to mikveh personally - for
themselves, their family, and friends.
