

Tevillah on Seder Night: Navigating Sacred Time and Personal Practice
Pesach is a time of deep meaning, filled with ritual, family, and the retelling of our journey from Mitzrayim to Geula. But for many women, the rhythm of the holiday can intersect with another important rhythm, the mitzvah of tevillah. When mikveh night falls on or around the seder, it can raise both practical and emotional questions.
Eden Center
Mar 23


Drinking, Mikveh, and Managing Boundaries on Purim
What happens when mikveh night collides with drinking, seuda, and Purim revelry? Can you go to the mikveh after drinking? What if one spouse is intoxicated and not aware of boundaries when in niddah?
Eden Center
Feb 27


What Ten is Teaching; Luchot & Loss: The Broken and the Whole
עשרה מי יודע? עשרה אני יודע - עשרה דבריא Who knows ten? I know ten: 10 commandments What is ten? For the past few weeks (perhaps months) I have been frantically searching for the path that I am supposed to travel, guidebook I am supposed to follow, or plan I am supposed to implement to commemorate ten years since our tiny, beautiful premature daughter, Emuna Bracha Esther, was born and then, five heart-wrenching days later, passed away. On the morning of her birthday, in t
Cheryl Burnat
Jun 1, 2025


“I Will Meet You There”: Sacred Time and Space in Marriage
The marital bedroom should be more than just a place to sleep—it should be a sanctuary for intimacy, vulnerability, and connection.
Rabbi Dr. Zvi Grumet
May 26, 2025


Functional Frenzy: A Guide to the Pesach-ly Perplexed
Pesach can be anxiety-provoking at the best of times, and these, dear friends, are anything but the best of times. The era that we are living in as a Jewish people is one of the most volatile and stressful times in our people’s recent history. On top of that, during Pesach there is not only an onslaught of extra domestic duties - the cooking, the intense cleaning, buying new clothes, shopping for the kids, organizing school holiday activities, and hosting guests - but it is
Yaela Orelowitz
Mar 31, 2025


Iron Swords Bride
An Iron Swords wedding story from the perspective of the bride
Elisheva Ouaknine
Oct 6, 2024
