Holidays

Women Immersing on Erev Yom Kippur– What Are You Talking About?!?!

Women immersing on Erev Yom Kippur– What are you talking about?!?! There is a tradition of women immersing in the [...]

This Friday night and Saturday is Yom Kippur. For many, Yom Kippur is a day defined by fasting, while for [...]

Nearly every Jewish woman is busy this coming Monday night– hosting or attending a Seder. And some are really busy! [...]

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

There is an expression in Hebrew: “Al Rosh Haganav Boer Hakova” – on the burglar’s head is a burning hat, [...]

Out of all the holidays in the year, joy is linked most closely with Sukkot. In the section on holidays [...]

Immersion before Yom Kippur We traditionally immerse 3 times. Here is one possible framework to use for an immersion on [...]

On Yom Kippur eve, amid the hustle and bustle of logistics and preparations, I took a moment for myself and [...]

Photo courtesy of Birkat Chaverim The 15th of Av is considered a joyous day in the Jewish calendar. In ancient [...]

Eikha, read on Tisha beAv, is Jeremiah’s painful cry over the enormous tragedies associated with the destruction of the first [...]

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

On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, The Eden Center wishes to salute the courage and heroism of women during [...]

Throughout history, the mikveh has stood at the very core of religious Jewish life and practice, and said to protect the Jewish [...]

When a large portion of the Yom Kippur Avoda revolved around the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) there were no less [...]

On Erev Yom Kippur this year in Toronto, there will be long lines at the women’s mikvaot. “The atmosphere at [...]