Sanctifying Relationships

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Relationships bring people together in a unique connection. This is something to celebrate, whether through the public festivity of a wedding, or in the private reflection of immersion in the mikveh. Sanctifying our relationships elevates these unions and gives them a context of meaning and joy.

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A ritual involving both the couple and their parents or other family members

A mother’s observation of the bride

A healing prayer to be said when immersing in the mikveh

An article explaining the traditional uses of mikveh and modern perspectives on it, including a review of contemporary literature on the subject

A prayer, fashioned after traditional women’s prayers, techinot, to be said prior to immersion in the mikveh

A meditation for the mikveh invoking God’s healing presence

A kavanah for ritual immersion that focuses on the experience of mikveh as an experience of the Divine
A prayer for the mikveh

Mikveh for a couple before wedding

A love poem for marital relations

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