by Rabbi Dr. Haviva Ner-David Originally published on the Times of Israel blog To immerse or not to immerse? That is the question. And if not to immerse, or if immersing becomes impossible, can (and should) we who have made mikveh our rabbinic pulpit offer an alternative in these times? Shmaya: A Mikveh For Mind, Body and […]
Continue Readingby Rosa Blumenfeld I am the daughter of a mother who was born during La Violencia, the Colombian civil war so bloody it was simply called ‘The Violence,’ and a father who survived the Holocaust as a 25 year old in 1939. I know what it is to be raised to be on constant alert […]
Continue Readingby Rachel Eisen, Director of Development Who decides what ritual is and ritual means? I’m guessing you won’t be surprised if I told that here at Mayyim Hayyim, we believe the answer to that question is: you. At Mayyim Hayyim, we focus on making it possible for you to own the ritual of mikveh immersion […]
Continue Readingby Lorie Holder-Webb As I left Mayyim Hayyim, my Mikveh Guide wished that next time we meet be for joy. I understand that, and thanked her for that wish, but I have to say that for me, this meeting was for joy. I know it must seem that immersing in the midst of a chronic […]
Continue Readingby Lindsay Rosenfeld I recently – and quite unexpectedly – found a ritual that I absolutely never thought I would participate in to be part of my journey to reconnect body and mind spiritually and emotionally. Mikveh. Growing up, I knew what mikveh was, but it always seemed a ritual prescribed to a woman – […]
Continue Readingby Rachel Hillman I first immersed at Mayyim Hayyim in September 2019, but my relationship with the mikveh in Newton began in Washington, DC five years earlier. I want you to understand how your support for Mayyim Hayyim touches lives far beyond Boston. I was 28 years old and undergoing treatment for breast cancer. After seven […]
Continue Readingby Rosa Blumenfeld My body constantly yearns to connect with water: to feast on its depths with my eyes, to sense its movement under my feet as I walk through a stream, to feel it envelop me as I immerse in it. As a Native Jewish woman who traces my ancestry to the Indigenous Muisca […]
Continue Readingby Elisha Gechter My daughter, a party planner practically since she emerged from the womb, recently chose to celebrate her 7th birthday at Mayyim Hayyim. She got her party planning start in the months preceding her second birthday wherein she identified the book series, Lady Bug Girl, as the theme, which included the cutest Pinterest […]
Continue Readingby Julie Sullivan, Administrative Director As someone who did not grow up celebrating the High Holy Days, I find myself seeing them perhaps through a different lens than those for whom these days have been a part of their lives since childhood. Celebrating these holidays has only been a part of my life for the […]
Continue Readingby Julia Connolly and Alon Neidich Alon’s grandparents came to America fleeing persecution. They came looking for freedom—the freedom to live a meaningful Jewish life. At Mayyim Hayyim, we found what they were looking for and just what we needed. That is why we are asking you to join us in making a donation today. […]
Continue ReadingPhoto credit: A Research Guide for Students (aresearchguide.com) by Lisa Berman, Mikveh and Education Director Last week, I taught about mikveh in Buenos Aires. And Mexico. And a half dozen other Latin American countries. I didn’t rack up any frequent flyer miles – I didn’t even have to leave Newton, MA. At the kind (and […]
Continue Readingby Leeza Negelev, Associate Director of Education Every year, Mayyim Hayyim offers our hard-working Mikveh Guides a small token of our gratitude by hosting an evening of Mikveh Guide Appreciation. The event is often held at a board member’s home and the night is always filled with shmoozing, champagne, dessert, and some kind of learning […]
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