Reimagining the Mikveh
The day Jill Trapper was installed as president of Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, MA, she and her incoming executive board, along with the outgoing board, went to Mayyim Hayyim, a liberal mikveh in nearby Newton Centre. Privately, one at a time, each individual immersed three times in the ritual bath, saying blessings Beth El's rabbi had composed for the occasion.
