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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
mikveh
clouds blowing across a blue sky

Mikveh Hamayim

“12 months of mourning, / Travelling, conjoined, / On our continuing / Separate ways.”
  • by Tiferet Welch
mikveh
dark water with bubbles of light

Mikveh Ceremony: Gift of Transitions

“I stand here today to acknowledge and affirm this moment in my spiritual journey”
  • by Debbie Westheimer
mikveh, transition
black and white photo of white woman immersed in ocean water, head sticking out the water, leaning back, eyes closed

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
close up of ocean water with sunlight on the surface

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
mikveh
Prayer at Mikveh

Elul: I am for My Beloved and My Beloved is for Me

“The King awaits, / Tangible / As the flowers / Of the field…”

  • by Tiferet Welch
love, mikveh
Elul: I am for My Beloved and My Beloved is for Me

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