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- 2 days ago31 min
Summer Learning Series: Hanhagos BaBayis with Rav S.B. Chaikin
Welcome to Mikvah.org's Summer Learning Series. Throughout this series, you'll hear from esteemed Rabbanim as they discuss a variety of practical halachic topics, providing clarity, perspective, and guidance on questions that arise in everyday life.In this episode, Rav S.B. Chaikin explores the topic of Hanhogas Ba'bayis, sharing practical halachic guidance for everyday life. Covering topics such as kitchen conduct, travel, positive speech, and other common situations, he offers clear direction for bringing Torah values into daily living.
- 1 weeks ago41 min
Summer Learning Series: Halachos of Kibbud Av V'em with Rabbi M. Markowitz
Welcome to Mikvah.org's Summer Learning Series. Throughout this series, you'll hear from esteemed Rabbanim as they discuss a variety of practical halachic topics, providing clarity, perspective, and guidance on questions that arise in everyday life.In this episode, Rabbi M. Markowitz explores the practical halachos of Kibbud Av Va'em, explaining the foundations of honoring and respecting parents and how these obligations apply in everyday life. He discusses topics including caring for parents, financial responsibilities, obligations toward in-laws, navigating major life decisions, balancing parental wishes with shalom bayis, and maintaining halachic obligations in challenging family relationships.Click Here to View Follow Along Notes for this Episode
- 2 weeks ago36 min
Summer Learning Series: Halachos in Shidduchim with Rabbi H. Raskin
Welcome to Mikvah.org's Summer Learning Series. Throughout this series, you'll hear from esteemed Rabbanim as they discuss a variety of practical halachic topics, providing clarity, perspective, and guidance on questions that arise in everyday life.In this episode, Rabbi H. Raskin discusses the halachic guidelines surrounding shidduch inquiries, including when sharing information is considered Lashon Hara and when it is necessary to protect others. He explores what may or must be disclosed, the conditions for constructive speech, and the importance of balancing honesty, sensitivity, and responsibility in the shidduch process.Click Here to view follow along notes for the episodeThis episode is sponsored in memory of Chaya Mushka bas HaRav Avraham Meir in honor of her 10th Yartzeit.Sponsored by her friends who love her and miss her, and who continue to be inspired by how she lived her life.
- 3 weeks ago49 min
Mikvah Prep Meditations: Zeesy Deren
Welcome to the Mikvah Prep Meditations Podcast, a three-part series exploring how Hisbonenus in Tefillah and meditative Torah concepts can infuse calm into the Mikvah experience.In this episode, Zeesy Deren, a Shlucha in South Africa and educator, discusses the intersection of Jewish mindfulness and meditation, explaining how practices rooted in Chassidus and Tanya can help women regulate their minds and bodies. She shares practical tools for incorporating intentional breathing and kavana into daily life, tefila, and the mikvah experience, arguing that this "G-dfulness" elevates everyday actions into meaningful spiritual moments
- Jun 30, 202652 min
Mikvah Prep Meditations: Devora Goldberg, MBSR
Welcome to the Mikvah Prep Meditations Podcast, a three-part series exploring how Hisbonenus in Tefillah and meditative Torah concepts can infuse calm into the Mikvah experience.Imagine if the Mikvah could be more than something to get done — if it could become a moment of meaning, calm, and connection.In this episode, Devora Goldberg, MBSR mindful coach, guides us to slow down, breathe, and rediscover the soul within the Mikvah experience. She not only shares insights but gives us a gentle taste of what mindfulness at the Mikvah can feel like.Stay until the end — it’s truly beautiful. Download Devora’s free pre-Mikvah meditation: Mikvah MeditationDevora Goldberg's work is endorsed by Rabbi Rotenberg To reach Devora directly or bring her to your next Mikvah event, email deegoldberg@gmail.com.Podcast Summary: This episode of the Mikvah.org podcast, part of the Mikvah and Meditation series, features Devorah Goldberg, an MBSR-certified mindful transformation coach and founder of Release To Relax Mindful Meditations. The series aims to enhance the mikvah experience by combining Torah concepts with calming meditation, with all meditations reviewed by a rabbi to ensure alignment with Torah principles.MBSR, or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, is a practice of mindful-based techniques designed to help people rewire stress hormones and stress responses, drawing on the teachings of Dr. Joe Dispenza and Professor Jon Kabat-Zinn. The word "meditation" means "to become familiar with," and in Devorah's practice this means becoming familiar with one's inner self, or neshama. In her work, she focuses participants on something holy, noting that the Tanya itself references meditating on the greatness of Hashem. She also highlights that the Hebrew word for breath, "neshima," shares the same letters as "neshama," making breath-focused meditation spiritually meaningful. Meditations can be as short as five minutes, addressing the common objection of not having enough time.On the topic of mikvah specifically, Devorah observes that the experience often becomes mechanical, reduced to checklists and timing, and that her free mikvah meditation, called "Mindful Torah," aims to help women move beyond this and bring deeper meaning to their immersion. Mikvah.org also has a book called "Mikvah Meditations" and is developing it into a full meditation series. The broader point made is that while the mitzvah is performed regardless of one's depth of understanding, meditation brings Torah concepts not just cerebrally into the mind but somatically into the body.Regarding mikvah-related OCD and anxiety, Devorah clarifies that meditation is not a quick fix but a tool that helps in the moment and builds skills over time. OCD can manifest as intrusive thoughts, constant checking, reassurance-seeking, doubt, and avoidance behaviors. In a meditative state, the mind rests while the body enters full relaxation through activation of the pineal gland and vagus nerve, and the person is guided through a visualization offering a different reality from their OCD loop. Sessions are customized and typically 35 to 45 minutes, with clients generally needing only a few before developing their own tools. Meditation works in tandem with other therapeutic modalities and is not a replacement for them.The episode includes a live guided meditation covering breath awareness, full-body relaxation using star imagery, and releasing held pain or limiting beliefs through breath and visualization. The conversation also touches on how meditation supports women in tuning into their monthly cycle, with menstruation described as a built-in invitation to slow down and receive, aligned with the Kabbalistic concept of women as vessels. Devorah's closing message is that every person carries an inner gift that can be activated through breath to calm the nervous system and work through challenges one step at a time.
- Jun 23, 202619 min
Mikvah Prep Meditations: Mrs. Mushka Krasnjansky
Welcome to the Mikvah Prep Meditations Podcast, a three-part series exploring how Hisbonenus in Tefillah and meditative Torah concepts can infuse calm into the Mikvah experience.In this episode, we are joined by Mrs. Mushka Krasnjansky, founder of Little Lights. Along with this insightful conversation, we are excited to share five guided meditation recordings by Mikvah.org for the public's use, which you can listen to directly following the episode.The Mikvah.org recordings are endorsed by Rabbi Chaikin, and Mrs. Krasnjansky’s impactful work at Little Lights carries the endorsement of Rabbi Kessler, Rosh Kollel of New Haven.Enjoy the episode!
- Jun 23, 202616 min
Mikvah Meditation: Water of Eden
These Guided Mikvah Meditations, based off of Mikvah.org's book "Mikvah Meditations," are endorsed by Rabbi Sholom B. Chaikin.
- Jun 23, 202615 min
Mikvah Meditation: Woman Of Wonder
These Guided Mikvah Meditations, based off of Mikvah.org's book "Mikvah Meditations," are endorsed by Rabbi Sholom B. Chaikin.
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