Upcoming Events
Drinks & Dessert with Maayanot:
A Night Out for Women in their 30s & 40s
Thursday, May 9
7:30-9pm at Sea Salt Eatery
4801 Minnehaha Avenue S., Minneapolis
If you identify as a woman in your 30s or 40s, join us for a social evening out to meet new people, make new connections, and learn a bit about Maayanot Community Mikveh while you are there!
Soft drinks and dessert with kosher, dairy free, and gluten free options will be provided. Feel free to bring your own lawn chairs, blankets, and anything else you'd like to make yourself comfortable. This event co-sponsored by Maayanot and the Rising Tide Open Waters Mikveh Network.
Please register here by May 1 for this free event.
Rising Tide Gathering - Global Stream Virtual Gathering
Zoom on Thursday, June 6, 11am-3:15pm CST
Let’s bring the whole open mikveh movement together! Gather online with Jewish lay leaders, professionals, clergy, students, funders, volunteers, and educators around the world who are working to make mikveh inclusive and accessible to everyone in the Jewish community.
At this virtual convening, you will gain new wisdom, relationships, and inspiration for Jewish ritual water immersion. Whether you are a mikveh expert or just curious enough to dip your toes in, you are welcome in this space of learning, connection, and co-creation.
Participants will be inspired by an innovative keynote experience, build relationships at an interactive art gallery and mikveh fair, and celebrate the future of our movement with the annual Rising Tide Wellspring Awards.
This program is sponsored by the Rising Tide Open Waters Mikveh Network.
Past Events
Cantor Rachel Stock Spilker
Rabbi Haviva Ner-David
The Colors of Water: Torah Study
with Cantor Rachel Stock Spilker and
Rabbi Haviva Ner-David
Zoom on Sunday, February 25 at 11am-12:30pm CST
Rabbi Haviva Ner-David from the Lower Galilee and Cantor Rachel Stock Spilker from St. Paul led a successful event that explored Jewish texts related to water as a vehicle for transition and renewal and how these teachings might apply to our lives today. This session included a combination of teaching and chevruta (partner learning) and was be accessible to all learners.
This was a Zoom study session prior to Hineni ENGAGE!, a day of Jewish learning and culture.
Rosh Chodesh Elul Lake Immersion
Thursday evening, August 17, 2023
Lake Nokomis
Maayanot and Hineni co-hosted a Rosh Chodesh Elul Mikveh Lake Immersion at Cedar Lake. Participants had an opportunity to experience the ritual of mikveh in the waters of an urban lake in preparation for the High Holy Days season.
Water in the Psalms:
How to Flow into Kabbalat Shabbat
Monday, July 24, 2023
Led by Cantor Rachel Stock Spilker
Together we explored and sang our way through water references in the Psalms of Kabbalat Shabbat, the liturgy that helps us transition us from the regular week to Shabbat.
In person at Mount Zion Temple
1300 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
No advance registration required. All welcome.
Co-sponsored by Maayanot and Hineni as part of Hineni’s Summertime Jewish Learning Series, “Ritual: Rediscover, Reconnect, Reimagine.”
The Flow of Jewish Life and Living:
Marking Transitions Through Mikveh
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Cantor Rachel Stock Spilker taught about mikveh and what role can it play in our lives. The program explored the simultaneously ancient and renewed ritual of full body mikveh immersion and discussed ways people are using mikveh today to mark life milestones and transitions.
The program was open to anyone currently enrolled in an Introduction to Judaism class at any synagogue in Minnesota.
Outdoors at Shir Tikvah
1360 W Minnehaha Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Mikveh Book Launch Event
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Wood Lake Nature Center Auditorium
6710 Lake Shore Drive S
Richfield, MN 55423
Yonah and the Mikveh Fish:
Book Launch & Fun
With author Cantor Rachel Stock Spilker
Bubbles, Watercolors, Nature Scavenger Hunt, Storytime
Mikveh Story Hour: “Yonah and the Mikveh Fish” Book Launch
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Mikveh lovers of all ages joined this virtual storytelling hour featuring a celebratory sneak peek at a brand new, first-ever children’s book about mikveh, Jewish ritual water immersion.
Authors Haviva Ner-David and Rachel Stock Spilker shared their vision for the book and the ways that the Rising Tide Open Waters Mikveh Network inspired this literary creation. Participants followed along with the story and beautiful illustrations of “Yonah and the Mikveh Fish,” asked questions of the authors and illustrator Meira Ner-David, and learned how to connect with and support their local community mikveh.
Why Mikveh Matters: Mikveh March Kickoff Event
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Jewish community members around the globe gathered on Zoom for an evening of ritual, storytelling, and dreaming. Together, they traveled across time to soak up the power of water immersion, starting all the way back from Bereishit (the beginning – creation) until today. The event featured ancient texts related to water, stories of healing through transitions, and visions for the open mikveh movement.
Participants learned how they can play a role in the future of inclusive, accessible, and meaningful mikveh for everyone in the Jewish community.
Rosh Chodesh Elul Mikveh Lake Immersion
Held Sunday, August 28, 2022
Maayanot and Hineni co-hosted a Rosh Chodesh Elul Mikveh Lake Immersion at Cedar Lake. Participants had an opportunity to experience the ritual of mikveh in the waters of an urban lake.
Co-sponsored by Maayanot Community Mikveh of Minnesota and Hineini.
"Old Mikveh, Meet New Mikveh"
Held Wednesday, July 27, 2022
More than 40 guests gathered under a tent at Adath Jeshurun Congregation for an informative and inspirational event with guest speakers Rabbi Sara Brandes and Cantor Rachel Stock Spilker.
Participants learned why a Roman-era archaeological discovery in Israel was moved, and what mikveh means for ritual life today in Israel and Minnesota.
Co-sponsored by Adath Jeshurun Congregation, Maayanot Community Mikveh of Minnesota, and Rising Tide Open Waters Mikveh Network.