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Mikvah Survey
Dear ladies: I am doing some research on mikvah spurred on by all the posts, comments, and discussions lately and would love it if you would take the time to answer these questions either in a comment...
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I Love Water
post by Jessica As mentioned a few weeks ago, we decided to take on mikvah as an observance. I got a lot of nice feedback from that original post, and I am pleased to say that I enjoyed my first...
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Multiple Paths to Wedded Bliss
post by Jessica So, this morning I woke up to a really interesting post by the newly-married (mazal tov!) Chaviva, on a very interesting topic: being shomer negiah (link to her post). As she mentioned...
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Future of Women in Judaism
As mentioned on our Facebook Fan Page, I was recently asked to write a piece about the future of Judaism as it relates to women’s involvement. I took it on in a true Melissa form and am both proud of...
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Mentees as Mentors
As I have mentioned here before, I am privileged to be a mentor to a few phenomenal young women. (Hi ladies! I love you!) These young women are on a mission to grow both as modern women and religious...
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Reclaiming Mikvah
First some housecleaning since it has been so long with no posts from us! Jessica and I spoke today, and we are doing away with the designated days for posting. We will post when the mood strikes us...
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My First Kallah!
Post (and photo) by Melissa This weekend, I had the distinctive honor of seeing the first kallah (bride) I taught and mentored marry her best friend. Serving as her kallah teacher sort of fell into...
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Q&A: Why Ask the Rebbetzin? – Mel’s Answer
We were recently approached by the author of Coin Laundry, to respond to this recent post about the role of the rebbetzin*. At the end of the day, the questions is essentially this: Why ask the...
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Tazria-Metzorah: The D’var I wanted to give
This past Shabbat we read the double portion of Tazria-Metzorah, and while I was asked to give a d’var torah for a young adult Shabbat dinner, it was not the crowd to say what I really wanted to about...
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Living History
I am still in shock over these experience, but knew that I needed to find a moment to actually write about it, so I am going to attempt to encapsulate two of the most amazing experiences of my life in...
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