Theres A Shark In The Mikvah

Download or read book There's a Shark in the Mikvah! written by Penny Harow Thau and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, the mikvah, or ritual bath, has been used by married Jewish women for spiritual purification. For reasons of modesty, going to the mikvah is considered a private act that is to be performed discreetly at night. Because of this, women who use the mikvah typically don't discuss their mikvah experiences, which may be humorous or even inspiring. This book presents a collection of true stories from women who use the mikvah. Read about the mikvah attendant who fancied herself an opera singer. Laugh along with the newlywed who ends up at the mikvah at the same time as her mother-in-law (awkward!). Journey to the Indian Ocean with the woman who took a very cold dunk in the Indian Ocean as she battled swimmers, surfers, and fishermen. Just when you thought it was safe to go into the mikvah...

Download or read book The Invention of the Jewish People written by Shlomo Sand and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical tour de force, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a groundbreaking account of Jewish and Israeli history. Exploding the myth that there was a forced Jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the Romans, Israeli historian Shlomo Sand argues that most modern Jews descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In this iconoclastic work, which spent nineteen weeks on the Israeli bestseller list and won the coveted Aujourd'hui Award in France, Sand provides the intellectual foundations for a new vision of Israel's future.

Download or read book kaddish.com written by Nathan Englander and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his father dies, it falls to Larry—the secular son in a family of Orthodox Brooklyn Jews—to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, every day for eleven months. But to the horror and dismay of his sister, Larry refuses, imperiling the fate of his father’s soul. To appease her, he hires a stranger through a website called kaddish.com to say the prayer instead—a decision that will have profound, and very personal, repercussions. Irreverent, hilarious, and wholly irresistible, Nathan Englander’s tale of a son who makes a diabolical compromise brilliantly captures the tensions between tradition and modernity.

Download or read book Total Immersion written by Rivkah Slonim and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Total Immersion will at once educate those who are unfamiliar with the Mikvah ritual, inspire those who have, thus far, been hesitant to make this rite their own, and will reveal the blessing it bestows upon those who immerse themselves in its waters.

Download or read book Chiseling Memories, Chasing Sleep written by Carol A. Elliott and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julie Celaya is a firecracker who breaks all the expectations of domestic life. She is unconventional, determined and outrageous. Chiseling Memories, Chasing Sleep is a culmination of Julie's strange encounters. With forty independent essays, the book leads readers through tales of an awkward sexual encounter in a high school art room, a marriage proposal in the sky, a trial run in an expensive casket, and the assault of a psychiatrist in a southern California clinic. Through a steady accumulation of detail, this eccentric collection unfolds as a true novel. With succinct verbiage and often coarse prose author Carol A. Elliott builds layers of symbolism into this unique read. She employs five literary styles, yielding the unexpected. Is it her dialog that the audience appreciates, the roller coaster of wit or the unusual subjects? Elliott offers readers the randomness of life and those blush-worthy moments that occur when least expected.

Download or read book The Taharas Hamishpacha Workbook written by Dovid a Kaufman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: .This workbook is a valuable resource for women suffering from anxiety or OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) particularly regarding taharas hamishpacha (family purity), mikvah, and related issues. It is not a guide to the halachos (laws) of taharas hamishpacha. Rather, it enables a woman who has anxiety regarding these matters overcome her anxiety, by guiding her through an evidence-based step-by-step program using proven cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques. It can be used as a self-help book or as a treatment manual in a therapy setting. The book teaches how to deal with uncertainty, fear of taking risks, and extreme fear of sinning. It addresses how women can learn to face these challenges without compromising on their Jewish values. And to the contrary, how Jewish values encourage living with joy and happiness rather than anxiety and fear. Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky shlita: This work is of great usefulness for those struggling with these matters. Rabbi Yehuda Jacobs (mashgiach, Beis Medrah Govoha, Lakewood, NJ): This book combines Torah wisdom with the practical knowledge needed to address these issues. Rabbi Avrohom Spitzer (Skver Dayan) and Rav Eliezer Harari shlita: This work will help women fulfill the mitzvah with happiness and in a relaxed manner. Rabbi Yaakov Forchheimer attests to the knowledge of the author, and that the work is consistent with halachah. Dr. Elna Yadin and Dr. Jonathan Huppert, renowned experts in the field of Anxiety and treatment of OCD, both note that the book was written with sensitivity, and -- at the same time -- is consistent with evidenced-based practices. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter One SERVE HASHEM WITH JOY Chapter Two THE IMPERFECT MAN Chapter Three TAKING THE RISK Chapter Four FEELINGS Chapter Five WHAT TO DO Chapter Six THE BASICS Chapter Seven DESIGNATE FOR YOURSELF A RAV Chapter Eight DO IT! Chapter Nine PREPARING FOR MIKVAH Chapter Ten AFTER TEVILAH Chapter Eleven "IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND!" Chapter Twelve BOSS BACK YOUR ANXIETY Chapter Thirteen IS IT OCD? Chapter Fourteen DO I NEED HELP? Chapter Fifteen NOW IT'S UP TO YOU A WORD TO THE MIKVAH LADY

Download or read book Unorthodox written by Deborah Feldman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the author's upbringing in a Hasidic community in Brooklyn, describing the strict rules that governed her life, arranged marriage at the age of seventeen, and the birth of her son, which led to her plan to leave and forge her own path in life.