Located at 5 East 62nd Street, with a private entrance,
this women’s mikvah pairs impeccable halakhic
standards with exquisite, spa-quality design.
A precious mitzvah has found a beautiful new home on
Manhattan’s Upper East Side!

For opening times, more information or to make an
appointment, please call (212) 753-6058, visit
fifthavenuemikvah.com or e-mail mikvah
attendant Ahavya Deutsch at mikvah@5as.org.

A mikvah for keilim (vessels) will be open soon.
Check the mikvah website for details.

Our Synagogue's Desert Outpost

In August, 2009, I spent 20 days in Israel; the most inspiring day was my last. On Sunday, August 31^st, I traveled with my family to an army base, deep in the Negev dessert, somewhere between Yerucham and Dimona. It was hot – very hot – that day. My jacket and tie lasted around 30 seconds. I was there representing the Fifth Avenue Synagogue Women’s Club at the dedication of a mobile synagogue and Torah scroll that our Women’s Club sponsored. The program began about 100 yards away from where the synagogue was situated. Around 80 soldiers – half with kipot, half without – danced and sang as the Torah, under a chupah, was carried across the base. The scene was remarkable – the dancing was so spirited, that we kicked up a cloud of dust around us. Soldiers, when given the chance to hold the Torah, wrapped there arms around it, embracing the Torah as if they were being reunited with a long lost brother. Binyamin was quickly hoisted on a soldier’s shoulders.