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What I Do Differently from my own Kallah Teacher

I have been married for almost four years, and before getting married, it was very important for me to [...]

Growing up in the religious world, we learn many dos and don'ts. Shabbat, kashrut, and tzniut: – these are some [...]

To our dear friends in our wonderful community, I write to you from Eretz Yisrael to thank you for [...]

The records of the Jewish community of Krakow relate a story concerning Rav Moshe Isserlis when he became rabbi of [...]

For my entire life the mikveh has been this thing, this event, that has loomed over my head. I first [...]

A wise man once said “Because of our traditions we have kept our balance for many, many years…Because of [...]

Hello my dear bride, I just want to wish you a big big mazal tov! This is such an [...]

These summer months have been busy. People traveled the world. Yet, monthly menstruation didn’t stop and women across the [...]

There was a recent post in the Facebook group Jewish Women Talk About Intimacy, where a new bride was preparing [...]

30 years ago I married my husband, Ian. It was an exciting time being engaged, and as a young kallah [...]

After a beautiful Shabbat lunch with good friends, as my son and I were walking home (the rest of [...]

When I made the decision to do an internship program in Israel this summer, I never imagined that my [...]

There are women who come to their mikveh night with the excitement of an open heart, finally reaching the [...]

As the saying goes, “it takes two to tango” and when conceiving this holds very true. Whilst we all [...]

I’ve been married for 30 years. For the first 15 years of my marriage, I did not know how [...]

As much as I don't like going to the mikveh, there is a certain familiarity with your own mikveh. The [...]

There is only one time the entire month I need to see my bald eyelids…and that is at the mikveh. [...]

When you live in a place where there is a mikveh, then toivelling is something you do at that mikveh. [...]