Natural waters bring us back to creation: the Mikvah at its heart is a site of purification and renewal within the calendars of our bodies, our relationships and the Jewish year. At the same time, the Mikvah has historically been a site for mutual aid, organized rebellion, and of course - abuse. Join Rabbanit Leah Sarna for an exploration of the Mikvah and the power of vulnerability. 

Speaker

Rabbanit Leah Sarna is an award-winning Jewish educator, author and scholar. One of the first twenty-five Orthodox women clergy, she is the spiritual leader of Kehillat Sha'arei Orah, an orthodox Jewish community in Lower Merion, PA. She also teaches on the faculty of the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education and serves as the director of public education for the International Beit Din. Her published works have appeared in The Atlantic, the Washington Post and the Jewish Review of Books, and she is currently writing a book tentatively titled "Begetting and Beginning: The Torah of Pregnancy, Birth and the First Months of Parenthood"