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Tu B’Av – The Bounce Back Holiday (5 Intentions to Increase Desire)
Tu B’Av is one of the most joyous days in the Jewish calendar. This ‘semi-chag’ was originally celebrated as a [...]
Eikha: The Haunting Images of Jeremiah’s Women
Eikha, read on Tisha beAv, is Jeremiah’s painful cry over the enormous tragedies associated with the destruction of the first [...]
Where is the Love?
Shavuot, the holiday which celebrates Matan Torah, is a time to rekindle one’s relationship with the Torah and with Torah [...]
From Passive to Active – Esther as a Role Model
Megillat Esther is stark, even brutal, in its description of Esther’s lack of agency at [...]
Inviting the Shekhina In
In Parshat Terumah we read for the first time about the construction of the mishkan (Tabernacle). We are introduced to [...]
A Mikveh Shift on Another Challenging Evening
As a mikveh lady on Friday nights and holidays I’ve already gotten used to there being exceptionally special days in [...]
The Mikveh Conversation We Should Have Had
The fast day of Asara B’Tevet falling out on a Friday raised some questions about how to navigate Shabbat and [...]
Ordinary and Extraordinary – Chanukah 5781
Judaism is great at giving significance and meaning to every little thing. Through ritual and intent, Judaism can take almost [...]
Yom Kippur and Immersion: Renewal of Self and Hope for a Good Year
Usually, The Eden Center encourages women to adopt the custom to immerse in the mikveh before Yom Kippur, a custom [...]
Seven Days and Seven Weeks – Sefirot, Bedikot and the Day After
Hear Rabbanit Shani Taragin's wonderful shiur connecting Sefirat HaOmer, preparation for Shavuot, and out count up to immersion in [...]
Say I LOVE YOU to the Important Women in your Life
This Mother’s Day let us help you celebrate our mothers. Express your love and appreciation to your mother — or [...]
Bringing Light, Love and Healing
I will always remember the excitement of returning home to spend Pesach with my family right before our wedding. It [...]
May This Year be THE Year
Photo Courtesy of Rivka Levine First published on The Eden Center blog in September, 2016 It was nearly [...]
Wine and Bread
The two items that we expect to see on a Shabbat or Chag table, that make it distinct from a [...]
Mikveh in the Ghettos: Women and Mikveh during the Shoah
Originally published by Lani Lederer Berman Apr 6, 2015 Throughout history, the mikveh has stood at the very core of religious Jewish life [...]
The Waters of the Yam Suf
This Pesach, we have been invited out for dinner on the seventh night of pesach to a family who has [...]
Between Dressing and Undressing
She studied her naked body in the largecloset door mirror. “The body is simply a receptacle for the soul,” she [...]
Chanukah and Mikveh: Does it Matter Which Comes First?
Several questions regarding the timing of woman’s tevila arise when she has to go to the mikveh during Chanukah: What [...]