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Mikveh for Release, Transitions, and Embrace of Whatever is Next

A mikveh ritual to mark the end of a challenging time.
  • by Rabbi Caryn Aviv
hope, liberation, mikveh, Shekhinah
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Alternate Mikveh Ritual Using the Element of Air

While traditional mikveh rituals use water, this alternative uses the air generated by four fan-bearers.
  • by Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer
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Mikveh Hamayim

“12 months of mourning, / Travelling, conjoined, / On our continuing / Separate ways.”
  • by Tiferet Welch
mikveh
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Mikveh Ceremony: Gift of Transitions

“I stand here today to acknowledge and affirm this moment in my spiritual journey”
  • by Debbie Westheimer
mikveh, transition
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Pre-High Holy Days Immersion Ceremony

“Forgive me and help me to forgive myself and others”
  • by Lisa Braun Glazer, PhD
forgiveness, mikveh, teshuvah
white woman with eyes closed immersed in water, half her face submerged, smiling

When Might Be Last?

“I am more aware of the fluidity of it all”
  • by Marc Jacobs
joy, love, mikveh
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Hukat Olam

“It is a cosmic principle … the Eternal Mystery”
  • by Tiferet Welch
family, grief, growth, healing, mikveh, parent, water
Hukat Olam

With My Daughter at the Mikveh

“So dear this daughter / As she prepares to immerse”

  • by Rabbi Gila Colman Ruskin
mikveh, parent, wedding
With My Daughter at the Mikveh

Water: A Prayer/Mikveh Ritual for an IVF Miscarriage

“There is nothing mere about water”

  • by Heather Paul
grief, IVF, mikveh, miscarriage, Shekhinah
Water: A Prayer/Mikveh Ritual for an IVF Miscarriage

Prayer at Mikveh

“I close my eyes like a newborn as I immerse”

  • by Edie Yakutis
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Prayer at Mikveh

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Reclaiming the Hebrew Goddess and Writing Her Anew

Dive deep into the legacy of the Hebrew goddess! Through thoughtful reflection and inspired creative writing with guided writing prompts, discover where her secrets are hidden and reclaim her for your own. Six sessions starting December 14, 2023.

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