A Fresh Start
by Debra Askanase Sometimes, even newborn babies need a fresh start. That’s what I thought when I finally brought my eldest daughter home from Children’s Hospital, three and a half weeks after her...
View ArticleFriends, Mikveh and My 45th Birthday
by Jody Comins, Development and Events Coordinator “Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”...
View ArticleL’Dor V’Dor V’Dor: From Generation to Generation to Generation
by Diane Black, Rebecca Friedman, and Jessica Friedman L-R: Nana (Diane), Rebecca, Jessica, Grandma A few weeks ago, Diane Black, one of our board members and a Mikveh Guide, brought her daughter...
View ArticleThe Water Makes Us Malleable: My Bridal Mikveh
by Britni de la Cretaz When we were beginning to plan our wedding, Ben and I began researching Jewish wedding traditions to see which ones felt meaningful to us. We were both raised Jewish and we were...
View ArticleHurrying to Greet an Old Friend: My Second Dip at Mayyim Hayyim Community Mikveh
by Laura Seide, Former Mayyim Hayyim Intern There was a marked difference between my first dip and my second. Preparing for my first dip, I took my time. I wanted to make sure I did everything right....
View ArticleTogether in Our Separateness
by Jessica Lang Kosa My daughter Evelyn was born underwater. Soon afterwards, we collected rainwater for her naming ceremony, and washed her feet in living water as we welcomed her to family and...
View ArticleThe Joy On the Other Side of The Door
by Rabbi Sandi Intraub, Mikveh Guide Zeh Hayom Asah Adonai Negilah v’nismichah bo, “This is the day that God has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24). It was indeed a moment of...
View ArticleTransitioning into Fall
by Rachel CaraDonna, Mayyim Hayyim Development Intern Summer is transitioning quickly into fall; the air is becoming noticeably crisp and the leaves are beginning to change. The season known best in...
View ArticleTransmikveh
by A. Fox In my parents’ home back in St. Paul, Minnesota, I used to tiptoe into the bathroom late at night, lock the door behind me, put a towel in the door’s crack and turn off the lights. I knew how...
View ArticleAn Unconventional Bar Mitzvah: Every Child Deserves to be Celebrated
by Susan Arndt It’s hard to believe we just celebrated my son’s Bar Mitzvah. Zachary was born a beautiful healthy baby, but at the age of sixteen months, he started having seizures. Over the years,...
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