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(JTA) — Mayyim Hayyim, a pluralistic community mikveh, or ritual bath, in Boston, is putting a pause on ritual immersions and classes after multiple pipes burst in the building’s laundry room, causing ...

When Rabbi Daniel Liben steps into the warm waters of the Mayyim Hayyim (Living Waters) mikvah in Newton, Mass., he will pause on each of the seven steps leading into the pool to ponder the state of ...

This summer, I had dialectically opposing experiences connected to the mikveh, the Jewish ritual bath: one was exquisitely moving and beautiful, and the other was quite horrifying in its implications ...

Jews who live in North Beverly Hills soon will be able to dip in a mikvah (ritual bath) that has the “feel of a Ritz Carlton spa,” said Rabbi Pini Dunner, the spiritual leader of Young Israel of North ...

UPPER SADDLE RIVER — The borough is engaged in an "ongoing investigation" into the progress and possible impacts on its aquifer from the construction of a mikveh, or Jewish religious bath, just over ...

“For an institution that exists to celebrate the transformative power of water, the impact is devastating,” said Mayyim Hayyim CEO Carrie Bornstein. (JTA) — Mayyim Hayyim, a pluralistic community ...