To explore Jewish women’s experiences of their weddings ... The pre-wedding obligation of mikvah, or mikveh – when the naked bride fully immerses in a pool of flowing water – is essential ...

Mikvah is ritual immersion in fresh, "living" water used by men and women for physical and spiritual purification. * Listings with an asterisk are part of the JUF/JF partnership of agencies serving ...

But the Jewish mikvah, a ritual bath central to the religion for millennia, stands apart in its fundamental intimacy. Marking the transition between states of tumah (spiritual impurity) and taharah ...

Seeking guidance, Polakoff reached out to Sharsheret, a Jewish nonprofit organization that supports women affected by breast ... of periodic immersion in a mikvah ritual bath.

While my twins and husband were in El Paso, Texas visiting family for a few days during their Spring Break, I watched a few ...