Inspiration

The Unexpected Mikvah
The Unexpected Mikvah

On erev Pesach 2016, a year and a half after we had purchased our building in Vacaville California, I was preparing for our community seder. The tables were beautifully set, but the condition of the room was really upsetting to me. We had purchased our building over a year prior and plans constantly were stalled for one reason or another. Things were just not moving forward, and the building- although large and spacious-served as a warehouse previously and it was in dire need of renovation.

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A Match Made In Heaven
A Match Made In Heaven

Sivan was in her ninth month of pregnancy. She wanted to perform a custom to immerse in a mikvah during the ninth month in preparation for her upcoming birth. She had also heard of a segulah (a good omen) for someone trying to conceive, to immerse in the mikvah after this, as a special merit for them.

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The Power of Mikvah
The Power of Mikvah

What is as holy as Yom Kippur, as powerful as prayer and the secret of a spiritually dynamic marriage? You may not believe it, but the answer is The Mikvah. The traditional Jewish observance guiding the intimate relationship between husband and wife.

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The Power of Once
The Power of Once

I was angry at God at that point in my life. Not only did it seem to me that He had held back the treasures of Judaism till I was forty, it seemed that I also would never get a chance to experience, together with my husband, the beautiful and intimate ritual of mikvah.

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Another Inspiring Mikvah Story
Another Inspiring Mikvah Story

About six months ago, a young,Observant, non-Lubavitcher woman in my community - who normally does not come to our Chabad house, came to daaven in our Chabad house on a Shabbos morning since her husband missed his regular minyan that had begun at eight o'clock .

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Mama
Mama

Mama, she tests the word gingerly on her lips, Touches her tummy tenderly, with her fingertips. As she feels that first flutter just beneath her heart,

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A World of Good
A World of Good

A gentle, new soul flitted to earth one day. She traveled all around then began to pray, “Hashem please help me, what shall be? There is so much evil - it is all I can see.

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Special Child
Special Child

A meeting was held far from earth With the angels and G-d above. They said it is time again for another birth This child will need much love.

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