So what does it take to build a Mikvah in India?

When we arrived here a number of years ago, we couldn’t even conceive of the notion of building a Mikvah, not to mention that we didn’t have a designated location or the funding to do so.

With divine Intervention we turned to the Igrot Kodesh Rabbi regarding a particular matter and the Rabbi wrote back that he was sorry to hear that a Mikvah had not yet been built in the region. As time went on, the number of women going to the Mikvah has risen and that there was a need to move forward in building the Mikvah. We began to search for a location, and we eventually decided to leverage space in close proximity to the Chabbad house for the project.

It wasn’t easy working with Indian construction workers, and it was especially challenging to relay the intricacies with regards to the immersion pit based on the Chabbad traditions. A lot of patience was required in order to overcome all of the obstacles, the modesty and the delays that stood in our way.

We slowly began raising money and we began planning the construction.

In the attached link you can see the Indian construction workers building the immersion pit.

Simultaneously, we started a fundraising campaign and B”H we successfully raised 140,000 NIS to put towards the construction.

B”H we are in the final stages of the Mikvah’s construction!

You can also take part in this project and join the hundreds of people who have already donated to the construction of the first Mikvah in Goa!

With God’s help this Mikvah will serve all the women in the area. This will include married women as well women on their honeymoons. With God’s help, you too can take part in the imortant