Mikvaot:

The critical importance that Halachah, Jewish law, applies to healthy family life is demonstrated by the strong emphasis it places on building a mikvah in every Jewish community. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, the late foremost Halachic authority of modern times, writes in a well-known responsum, that a new community must construct its mikvah first, even selling the sacred Torah scroll if necessary to raise the funds needed. For the durability of the Jewish family, and indeed, the secret of Jewish survival as passed from mothers to daughters across the centuries, lies in the maintenance of the mikvah.

Although we would generally be considered a small community we are very fortunate to have two mikvaot to facilitate the observance of this sacred mitzvah.

Community Mikvah at Kehilath Israel: 10501 Conser, Overland Park - This is the community mikvah of the Kansas City area, run by the Kansas Mikvah Association, Inc. [download Mikvah Resource Sheet] Rabbi Daniel Rockoff and Rabbi Herbert Mandl are the supervising rabbis: contact Ayala Rockoff: (913) 387-4788 or email: kcmikvah_at_gmail.com.

Mikvah Chana at Chabad House of Kansas and Missouri: 6201 Indian Creek Drive,Overland Park, KS 66207 - contact Devora Wineberg: (913)649-9318