To Nourish His Spirit

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The following is a letter written by Rabbi Peter W. Stein, Temple Sinai, Cranston RI, to Carrie Bornstein, Assistant Director at Mayyim Hayyim, about his experience bringing a terminally ill congregant to the mikveh during the final days of his life. Dear Carrie, Thank you so much for enabling me to bring my congregant, Jonah,* […]

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Michelle’s Mikveh Story

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Michelle shared the following with those of us who attended “Love, Loss and What I Didn’t Wear: A Red Tent Event” on December 7, 2010. For most of my life, the ritual of immersion in a mikveh felt irrelevant to me in my personal practice of Judaism.  That all changed when I was confronted by […]

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