A mikveh is a place of beginnings, where people come to mark life passages, changes, and milestones. While it is traditional to mark marriage and conversion with mikveh, Mayyim Hayyim also provides the opportunity to acknowledge and sanctify other "firsts" and beginnings with immersion. We also have a growing library of ceremonies to help give voice to the happiness and gratitude of such moments.
Following the immersion, Mayyim Hayyim's beautiful and home-like celebration space is available for a party. Ask about availability and rates when scheduling your appointment.
A few of the reasons for a celebratory immersion include:
Bar / Bat Mitzvah
Birthday and Anniversaries
Milestone birthdays -- 40th, 50th, 60th -- can be cause for reflection and renewal, but visitors are welcome to immeres for any birthday
or other annual milestone that holds special significance. These might include wedding anniversaries, the anniversary of one's conversion to Judaism or of recovery from an illness or a period of sobriety.
Graduation
Immersion is a way to add another dimension to the completion of a course of study that marks a new stage in life. People have come to Mayyim Hayyim after graduating from high school, college, graduate school, medical school, and law school, and upon receiving rabbinic ordination.
