Mikveh

Mikveh and IVF

Photo by Luis Galvez Another night at the mikveh. I hold the towel close, and look in the [...]

Something about those moments standing in the soft waters of the mikveh causes deep and sometimes buried feelings to surface. [...]

This blog originally appeared in 2016. We are posting it again in celebration of the launch of our new resource [...]

This piece was written by Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet for a forthcoming publication by Dr. [...]

Support Healing Spaces and Resources for Women Going Through Breast Cancer Our friend and teacher, Rabbanit Dr. Avigail Rock z”l [...]

At this time of year – a time of reconciliation and forgiveness – we are posting a blog which expresses intense [...]

In The Eden Center’s course for mikveh attendant we teach about postpartum depression. Dr. Efrat Orlion, a clincal social worker [...]

Liz Shayne recently wrote here about how the mikveh experience feels meaningless for her. It’s not anguishing, she says, but [...]

“You stuck, are you?” “Yes, I don’t like the water.” “Want to learn how to swim?” “I can’t.” “Betcha [...]

I used to be a devout person. I walked around with God’s presence on my shoulder; I loved praying and [...]

According to the laws of Family Purity, for a portion of each month, husband and wife are not allowed to [...]

I can still feel a tiny twinge of pain deep inside me as I reach my hand out to turn [...]

by Avigail Rock z”l This was first published in partnership with The Layers Project Magazine. A few months after giving [...]

The invention of ‘the pill’ gifted women with the ability to reliably prevent pregnancy and provide for themselves and their [...]

When I go to the mikveh, I’m bored. I go, I soak, I read in the bath—by far my favorite [...]

Gives experienced attendants new tools to sensitively approach issues such as fertility, abuse, disability, mental health, [...]

I had spent an hour preparing myself for my immersion, taking my time. Carefully removing every speck of nail polish, [...]

This blog was originally published on The Layers Project Some people are born storytellers. I was born a listener. My ears [...]