Hilkhot Taharat Hamishpacha

Leaving Behind the Murky Waters

This blog was first published as a Times of Israel blog: On the 21st of Nisan, 3,300 years ago, the [...]

Photo by Aviva Braun When I get together with married friends I’ve noticed that we often talk about [...]

Going to the mikveh for the first time–whether it’s right before your wedding, many years later or any other time–can [...]

As a kallah teacher, before the wedding I make sure to discuss the wisdom and challenges of the dramatic ‘on-off’ [...]

“Up to 3 out of every 4 women experience PMS symptoms during their childbearing years. PMS occurs more often in [...]

In the context of thinking about how mikveh can enhance our sexuality, we asked PT Tali Ginsburg if there is [...]

courtesy of enviropoolsolutions.com.au Growing up, I hated going swimming in the pool. Besides the fact that I couldn’t [...]

Every month as I emerge from the remodeled mikveh located a convenient five-minute walk from our home, I am visited [...]

Sara* was a beaming, exuberant bride. After all those hopeless Shidduch dates, meeting Dovid* was the answer to her fervent [...]

I spent a lot of time, many years to say the least, deciding if I could endure the challenges in [...]

Listen, it wasn’t all about my mikveh night, but it didn’t help that I had to go to the mikveh [...]

For the average Orthodox couple, marching to the chuppah is akin to crossing the finish line of a marathon that [...]

Photo by Margo Marmon I guess I have always been afraid of water. When it turned into a phobia I [...]

Photo by Jodi Hirsch Lummerman I find it amazing how our physical bodies and our minds are so connected. I’ve [...]

Years ago I entertained the notion of becoming a mikveh lady– but as quickly as the thought entered my head [...]

It is always difficult to know how and when to raise the idea of niddah with children, but this week’s [...]

I started teaching kallah classes about six years ago after I was sought out by one of the well-known teachers [...]

Back when I was learning Hilchot Niddah before my wedding, my kallah teacher taught me about counting the 7 “clean [...]