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Kavanah for Mikvah

One time when leafing through the back of the “Siddur Im Dach” – the Chabad Siddur with kabalistic explanation. Zaidy saw a section titled “Arizal’s Meditations for Mikvah”. So he asked Old Rabbi Raichik “What should one be thinking about when they go to mikvah?”. Anticipating some deep meditations. Instead Old Rabbi Raichik answered in his classical straight to the point matter “To be a better Jew!”.