Mikvay Yisroayl Havayah

God is a Mikveh for Israel. (Jeremiah 17:13)

I spent my 60th birthday soaking in some lovely hot springs in New Mexico, with the intention of being purified of the past and reborn into a new time, a new decade, a new era in my life. In the springs I sang these words from Jeremiah. I surrendered to the Divine waters, letting them wash away regrets and worries, letting them open me to the miracle of this moment and a clear, clean, expansive hopeful way forward.

And I remembered that we are always immersed in God, which means that we can relax and be floated, held… and ultimately dissolved in God. (…sigh!)

To hear the various parts of the chant, use the audio players. To download a part, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• The Divine Mikveh Melody  
• The Divine Mikveh Counter-Melody  
• The Divine Mikveh Mix  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click The Divine Mikveh PDF.