How to Keep your Mikveh Healthy
As much as we want mikveh attendants to provide us with a space that is supportive of our emotional and [...]
Why, as a Religious Woman, I’m Not Frequenting the Mikveh Regularly
I don’t go to the mikveh. I haven’t for years. In my 18 years of marriage I have probably [...]
My Return to Keeping the Original Hilchot Niddah
Back when I was learning Hilchot Niddah before my wedding, my kallah teacher taught me about counting the 7 “clean [...]
Cheshbon HaNefesh in the Mikveh
I almost missed the sign as I hurried to get dressed and leave the preparation room: “Please be mindful of [...]
Tips for Kallah Teachers on How to Prevent a Bride from Experiencing Pain during Intimacy
By: Rivki Chudnoff, PT I had been treating a young woman, married for eight months, who was referred to my [...]
I Didn’t Want to Delay But…
For most of my life, I have suffered (and am regarded as someone “recovering”) from OCD, often accompanied by depression. [...]
The Birthing Brachot
This week’s Parsha, Parshat Tazria, begins with the purity and impurity laws of a yoledet, a woman who gives birth. [...]
The Balaniot Course: A Class on Fear of Water
The Eden Center has, over the last year, developed and been teaching a 10-week balaniot class for experienced balaniot to learn [...]
Waters of Separation: For my Daughter at the Mikveh
Introduction to Waters of Separation Three days before her wedding in May 2013, Hannah and I had a list [...]
Response to Israel Hayom Article–Beit Shemesh Program
Recently there was an article in Israel Hayom about the program we run in Beit Shemesh. Here is the response [...]
Mikveh in the Ghettos: Women and Mikveh during the Shoah
Throughout history, the mikveh has stood at the very core of religious Jewish life and practice, and said to protect the Jewish [...]
Making the Mikveh a Place to Talk about (or not Talk about) Sex and Fertility
When a woman comes to the mikveh, her mind may very well be elsewhere: on the intimacy to come, the [...]
Mikveh in the Snow
As the sun shines down day after day it is hard to believe that there [...]
Where Vulnerability and Sanctity Intersect
Eden Founder Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet talks about the power of mikveh and the need to look forward after the [...]
Book Review: The Laws and Concept of Niddah by Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky
The Laws and Concepts of Niddah, by Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, is what its title claims it to be. In [...]
Can Legislation Stop Mikveh Attendants from Asking Questions? Part 2
By Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet MK Aliza Lavie and ITIM have put forward a bill in the Knesset that will make it [...]
Listening Intently: Communication Skills at the Mikveh
Adi Samson, the co-director of Likrat Shlichut, a program which trains community rabbis rebbetzins to provide Jewish spiritual care (https://www.kehalim.org/english/index.html), [...]
National Hotline for Problems in Mikveot
Its really important to know that there is somewhere to bring any complaint. According to the website of the Office [...]