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The Eden Center’s blog brings women’s voices to the fore discussing mikveh, women’s health, intimacy and more.
We love to raise awareness and present various voices on topics related to The Eden Center mission. Below are an array of blogs on mikveh, sexuality, marriage, women’s health, body image, parenting, and Taharat Hamishpacha.
This blog invites readers to submit their experience with mikveh and the laws of niddah in order to raise awareness to the range of feelings and experiences in the community. The Eden Center does not endorse positions stated in blogs, but allows authors’ voices to be heard on this platform. For blogs dealing with halakhic topics, we encourage each person to consult their own halakhic authority for clarification.
We value your feedback and submissions.
May This Year be THE Year
Photo Courtesy of Rivka Levine First published on The Eden Center blog in September, 2016 It was nearly [...]
A Golden Prison – A Personal Story about Postpartum Depression
In The Eden Center’s course for mikveh attendant we teach about postpartum depression. Dr. Efrat Orlion, a clincal social worker [...]
Where is God in the Mikveh?
Liz Shayne recently wrote here about how the mikveh experience feels meaningless for her. It’s [...]
What Are Period Panties?
Photo by Katie Treadway The Eden Center does not endorse products, nor have we tested this specific one, [...]
Keeping my Head Under the Water
“You stuck, are you?” “Yes, I don’t like the water.” “Want to learn how to swim?” “I can’t.” “Betcha [...]
Family Purity – the Recognition of the Divine in my Spouse
According to the laws of Family Purity, for a portion of each month, husband and wife are not allowed to [...]
The Final Immersion
I can still feel a tiny twinge of pain deep inside me as I reach my hand out to turn [...]
Making it to the Mikveh- With Breast Cancer
by Avigail Rock z”l This was first published in partnership with The Layers Project Magazine. A few months after giving [...]
Suffering in Silence: Oral Contraception and its Side Effects
The invention of ‘the pill’ gifted women with the ability to reliably prevent pregnancy and provide for themselves and their [...]
When Mikveh Feels Meaningless
When I go to the mikveh, I’m bored. I go, I soak, I read in the bath—by far my favorite [...]
What am I Meant to Feel?
I had spent an hour preparing myself for my immersion, taking my time. Carefully removing every speck of nail polish, [...]
Layered Listening, The Story Behind Eden
This blog was originally published on The Layers Project Some people are born storytellers. I was born a listener. My ears [...]