Wine and Bread
The two items that we expect to see on a Shabbat or Chag table, that make it distinct from a [...]
The two items that we expect to see on a Shabbat or Chag table, that make it distinct from a [...]
Taught by medical professionals, halakhic experts, and sex educators, this course covers multiple elements of [...]
Mikveh in Chania, Greece, courtesy of Etz Hayyim synagogue It has taken me a few years to write [...]
In Parshat Tetzaveh, the Torah gives extensive description about the clothing that the High Preist needed for doing the service [...]
It was a simple phone call, asking for money to fund the upkeep of the local mikveh, an annual phone [...]
Originally published by Lani Lederer Berman Apr 6, 2015 Throughout history, the mikveh has stood at the very core of religious Jewish life [...]
This Pesach, we have been invited out for dinner on the seventh night of pesach to a family who has [...]
What does losing weight mean to you? All my life it meant getting rid of the grotesque fat and revealing [...]
I was tending to my garden today and thinking how bad I feel for neglecting [...]
She studied her naked body in the largecloset door mirror. “The body is simply a receptacle for the soul,” she [...]
My body, on its own, without any accessories, in its natural form, has never been good enough for me. I [...]
Baruch Hashem I am a regular mikveh go-er since I was married and it’s something that I have always enjoyed [...]
Sometimes it feels like there are many negative distractions to the experience of mikveh that cloud my ability as I [...]
I am the first to admit that I like to be spoiled. (My husband is the second to admit it😊). [...]
Michal was returning from a work conference in Carmiel when a vehicle crossed into her lane and smashed head on [...]
Deep breath. Ok, made it. It’s over. Another one down. Ok, out of the water, pat-pat-pat, throw the towel down [...]
In Judaism, the archetype of prayer is Hana, a barren woman praying for a child. But since my infertility diagnosis, [...]