London Women Undertake to Build Mikveh as a Merit for Childless Friend

A group of women from London decided to do something to help their friend, who has not yet been blessed with children: They undertook to establish a mikveh taharah as a segulah for children, with the assistance of the Taharas Hamishpachah Organization * Pound after pound was collected, until they reached their goal, and were able to build the mikveh in Safsufa * The story that has taken the chareidi community in London by a storm

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All for one: This moving story has taken the chareidi community in London by a storm in recent weeks. A group of women who live in the city have a friend who has been married for more than a decade, but has not yet been blessed with children. These women decided to undertake an exceptional project: To raise money to build a mikveh taharah as a merit for their friend to have a yeshuah.

The story began about ten months ago, when one of the women heard about the proven segulah conveyed by Harav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l. He revealed that donating a mikveh is a special segulah for those who are childless. These women decided to solicit a few friends to undertake to donate a mikveh on behalf of their friend.

Initially, they reached out to a member of the board of the National Center for Family Purity [Taharas Hamishpachah], Rabbi Shlomo Rosenstein, who flew to London especially for this. Rabbi Rosenstein presented the women with the various options, and described the costs involved, and mikvaos that the organization is looking to build, out of more than twenty projects planned for this year.

The women first thought that it would be difficult to raise such a large sum, but with the help of the Taharas Hamishpachah Organization, they spearheaded a remarkable campaign, through which they were able to raise the entire sum in just five months. The friends each reached out to her social circle on behalf of this important cause. Their enthusiasm was contagious, and influenced a wide circle of donors from the chareidi community in London. Pound after pound, they slowly amassed the sum, until they reached their goal.

After conferring, they decided to select the mikveh in Safsufa as their project, because of its proximity to Meron and the kever of Rabi Shimon Bar Yochai, and because it is in a holy part of Eretz Yisrael where many of the Tannaim and Amoraim are buried. The old mikveh, built decades ago, was renovated completely. Last week, the women landed in Israel to attend the inauguration of the mikveh. Throughout the event, they could not stop wiping their tears. The pinnacle came when the name of the mikveh was unveiled, and all the participants offered a heartfelt tefillah for a speedy yeshuah for their friend.

The moving event was attended by the chairman of Taharas Hamishpachah, Rabbi Chaim Levy; Rabbi Yosef Mishali, the Rav of the Marom Galil Regional Council; Amit Sofer, head of the Marom Galil Regional Council; Rabbi Eliyahu Dadush, Chairman of the Religious Council, and Rabbi Shlomo Rosenstein, member of the board of Taharas Hamishpachah.

The beautiful mikveh is already in use, and the women continue to daven that their friend should merit a yeshuah to be blessed with a child very soon, with siyata diShmaya.