Corona, Quarantine, Mikveh and Taharat HaMishpacha
These are The Eden Center's recommendations regarding coronavirus and the Mikveh, based on the guidelines of the Israeli Health Ministry [...]
What Are My Obligations on Mikveh Night?
Photo Courtesy of Camille Hill This question recently arrived from one of our followers: Mikveh night is always [...]
Mikveh and IVF
Photo by Luis Galvez Another night at the mikveh. I hold the towel close, and look in the [...]
Talking About Sexuality With Our Children – Part 1 (Preschool)
Photo by Shelby Deeter Dr. Yardaena Osband, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at New York [...]
When G-d Takes Away Your Love Language
Many married couples struggle to find meaningful ways to follow the laws of Taharat HaMishpacha (Family Purity). For some, the [...]
The Traveling Husband
Photo: Orna Wachman For 16 years, my life has followed a rhythm. Every other week, after havdala, my [...]
Ten Tips for Mikveh Night
This piece was written by Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet for a forthcoming publication by Dr. [...]
Does Every New Kallah Need to Begin Taking Hormones?
“Mazel tov to the newly engaged couple”! After the toasts and good wishes are finished, [...]
Layered Listening, The Story Behind Eden
This blog was originally published on The Layers Project Some people are born storytellers. I was born a listener. My ears [...]
When Biology and Psychology Make Sexual Intimacy Painful
Photo: Chris Liu, Unsplash I was 14 . I woke up one Shabbat morning doubled over in excruciating [...]
Mitzvat Onah: Intimacy and Halakha Series for Married Men
Addresses both the halakhic and the Jewish philosophical approach to sex, as well as practical [...]
When Pleasure is Painful
The concern all started with an Eilat trip. I was on my period and about to go there for a [...]
Menopausal Musings
It was a simple phone call, asking for money to fund the upkeep of the local mikveh, an annual phone [...]
Postcards from a Perimenopausal Vacation
Photo by Joanna Kosinska, Unsplash It had been three years since their last vacation together and Shuli was [...]
Tending to your Relationship
I was tending to my garden today and thinking how bad I feel for neglecting [...]
Community, Abuse, and Healing
As a psychologist, I work a lot with adult survivors of child sexual abuse — a difficult but vital topic [...]
Niddah in Sickness and in Health
Michal was returning from a work conference in Carmiel when a vehicle crossed into her lane and smashed head on [...]
Coming Home
Deep breath. Ok, made it. It’s over. Another one down. Ok, out of the water, pat-pat-pat, throw the towel down [...]