Mikvah Decisions

[lavendersparkle]

It's 19 days until my wedding and I'm trying not to get too freaked out with organisation. One of the things I need to sort out is immersion before the ceremony.

As I see it I have three options:

Sternberg Centre
Pros: purpose built kosher mikvah, warmish water, I know it, I won't have to lie about my status to use it
Cons: no mikvah lady so I'd have to find my own witness, I think they're only open during office hours which might make finding a witness trickier.

Kenwood Ladies bathing Pond
Pros: I'm going there anyway for my bridal picnic, there will be people there who can witness, it should be a kosher mikvah because it's spring fed
Cons: It's cold, I'd have to try getting into the nip in public, it's scary dark water with fish in, I'd have to immerse a week before the wedding, I'm not 100% sure that it's kosher

An Orthodox Mikvah in Cambridge
Pros: definitely kosher, open in the evenings, there have their own mikvah lady, I might be able to buy some bedicah clothes while I'm there, they have better prep facilities
Con: I'd have to lie/allow people think untrue things about me, it's a bit scary

What do you think?

Comments

[curious-reader.livejournal.com]

I had my conversion Mikvah with Masorti. I had Mikvah lady for the same Mikvah as you went. It was all organized by the Masorti Rabbi's. Maybe you should contact the New North London Synagogue. You should ask for Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg or Rabbi Chaim Wener. They were part of the Beit Din and arranged everything else. The Mikvah lady was a nice elderly lady. I did not feel embarrassed with her as a witness. I am usually very embarrassed in front of strangers. I am surprised you did not get one.