An especially exciting evening was held on Sunday this week at Moshav Kisalon in the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. After more than a year when the local mikvah was not usable – a magnificent mikvah was inaugurated that will be used by the women of the moshav and the surrounding localities. The mikvah, built by the Taharat Hamishpaha Association, has been designed and constructed on the highest level with meticulous attention to detail, to make every woman feel like she is pampering herself in a luxury spa.
Until the construction of the new mikvah, the old mikvah had been in use by the women of the moshav for decades. About a year ago, it reached a state of complete disrepair and the women were unable to use it in a dignified and proper manner. The sealing on the roof of the mikvah was completely ruined and on rainy days, water leaked right onto the women coming to immerse in the mikvah, until finally, the leaks made it completely impossible to use the facility at all.
The Taharat Hamishpaha Association decided to get involved and managed to enlist a family of donors from England to fund the construction, which cost more than one million shekels. Together with budgeting added by the regional council, a beautiful new mikvah has been constructed in recent months. On Sunday, the donors from England came for the first time to see the new mikvah and were amazed at its luxurious design.
Akiva Weiner, CEO of the Taharat Hamishpaha Association: "When we learned under what conditions these women in Israel were immersing and realized how dilapidated the mikvah was, it was clear to us that we must soon bring about the construction of a new mikvah in the moshav as soon as possible. We constantly emphasize the immersion experience and not just the observance of the mitzvah itself. That is why we decided to put extra effort into the design and external appearance of the mikvah, beyond strict adherence to all the halakhic aspects.”
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