Making the Mikveh Mine
I’ve been a mikveh guide for about a year. Because I work from my house and can make my own hours, I’ve been called on often for the many men who have used Mayyim Hayyim, Boston’s 21st-century mikveh, for a variety of reasons: upcoming weddings, conversions, bar mitzvahs, and marking special lifecycle events. I’ve been a guide for older men, younger men, middle-aged men, budding teens, young kids, and even babies; men and boys of all shapes and sizes, every denomination and non-affiliated, the learned and neophytes on a path. Some of the moments I’ve witnessed have been deeply spiritual, [...]
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October 25, 2012 
