Airplane, car, bus or train?
How do you get to Mikvah?
The Mitzvah of Mikvah, Taharas Hamishpocho, is the foundational cornerstone of our marriages. For most of us, it’s as simple as ordering a pie of pizza for dinner. However, for the hundreds of shluchos who live in remote areas, planning their monthly Mikvah trip requires meticulous organization for the upcoming week, substantially high costs and clearing their schedule for a few days.
Rochel is still learning the language of her new country, her house always filled with backpackers who come to visit the beautiful mountains she calls home. Her husband shechts the chickens for their family and community, enabling others to eat kosher. Each month when she needs the mikvah, Rochel must take a fourteen hour bus ride to the closest large city. With no buses late at night to return home, Rochel must hire a driver. All this at an expense of $250. For many of these trips, Rochel and her husband are able to pay for this special mitzvah, but there are months where the cost is simply more than they could afford.
Chana lives in a beautiful tourist town that people dream of visiting. Her children learn online and haven’t seen a frum child since the previous year’s Kinus (Conference for Chabad Shluchim and their children). They are so proud to do their holy work despite the challenges. Chana doesn’t yet have a mikvah in her city, as the cost of property is very expensive and they haven’t been able to buy a piece of land, let alone build. Her monthly mikvah visit requires an $800 or more plane ride. It’s very difficult to come up with these funds every month.
Mushky moved out on shlichus 5 years ago. Boruch HaShem she has four young children. She teaches them at home while making time for her women’s class and weekly Shabbos dinners. The closest mikvah is 6 hours away. Each month, the whole family piles into the car, spends a night in a hotel, and drives home the following day. The tolls, gas and hotels add up to around $400. And each month the children wonder, why they are again on a road trip!
There are over 100 shluchos that live in such locations. They do their life long mission with joy, however, this special mitzvah comes with a prohibitive price tag and often a huge stress.
To alleviate this stress for Shluchos who devote their entire life to helping others, The Mikvah travel fund was born! 100% of funds raised goes directly to cover the Shluchos Mikvah travel costs. In order to succeed we need YOUR help.
To Donate click here now MikvahFund.raisegiving.com
As our fellow brothers and sisters around the world, we ask you to partner with us and help with this most holy and beautiful Mitzvah. Any amount given will go a long way in helping a Shlucha cover the high costs of Mikvah with more ease.
In the merit of supporting the mitzvah of Family Purity, may you be blessed with happy and healthy future Jewish generations. דור ישרים מבורך עוסקים בתורה ובמצות
Please partner with us to raise $200,000 to enable every shlucha to get to the mikvah in the most discreet, sensitive, respectful and beautiful way.
With Much appreciation,
Mikvah Travel Fund Vaad
Mrs. Matti Bryski, Agoura Hills, California
Mrs. Chaya Goldberg, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
Mrs. Dini Greenberg, Shanghai, China
Mrs. Sarale Henig, Chengdu, China
Mrs. Chanie Krinsky, Needham, Massachusetts
Mrs. Chanie Lipskar, Bal Harbor, Florida
Mrs. Raizy Mendelsohn, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Mrs. Lieba Mintz, Aspen, Colorado
Mrs. Devorah Shmotkin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mrs. Chaya Teldon, Commack, New York
Mrs. Chanie Wolowik, Cedarhurst, New York
Mrs. Sharonne Zippel, Salt Lake City, Utah
To Donate visit our campaign page MikvahFund.raisegiving.com
please post address where check can be mailed. Since you don’t offer Pay Pal
Funds can be paypaled to [email protected]
Im a shlucha somewhere in the world… and I have been helped with travel expenses many many times by Yad L’shliach?
Are you guys working together?
Yad lshliach has helped me with mikva travel costs multiple times as well, and there is also a gmach that is specifically for travel expenses for shluchos for mikva and giving birth.
Yad leshliach was a huge help for a few years. Unfortunately their fund ran dry leaving shluchos stranded. The vaad at Mikvah Travel Fund has been in close contact with Yad Leshliach.
I can’t use paypal that way. You don’t have an address where a check can be mailed.
Checks can be made out to Mikvah fund. Mailed to post office box 9818. Jackson, WY 83002