Once a month, Sarah Deitsch takes part in a ritual that creates a one-on-one connection to God and adds a sense of newness to her 20-year marriage. Deitsch immerses herself in the Columbus Community ...

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Congratulations and special blessings were exchanged June 12 as 13 Hineni Messianic Fellowship congregants were baptised. This second annual Mikvah (baptism) was held at St. Augustine Beach, with a ...

Congregation Anshe Chesed, a modern Orthodox Jewish congregation, broke ground Sunday on a new ritual bath – more evidence of Linden’s emerging role as an Orthodox community. The Ziga Roshanski Mikvah ...

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Students from Colby College helped harvest ice from a pond for a new mikvah, or ritual bath, at a synagogue in Waterville. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time ...

The first time I saw a mikvah I had no idea what it was. My college roommate took me to a small building behind her synagogue that looked like a storage unit. We entered a dimly lit area where a small ...

In Orthodox circles, the mikvah is a ritual bath in which women immerse themselves at specific times — before marriage, after childbirth, following menstrual cycles. Going to mikvah is a mandated part ...