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Rabbi Haviva Ner-David

"The core belief of spiritual counseling is that we are all whole and do not need to be fixed. We simply need to feel held in Divine love in order to grow into our wholeness."

About me

  • Post-denominational inter-spiritual rabbi

  • Received private Orthodox rabbinic ordination (2005)

  • Ordained Interfaith Minister, One Spirit Interfaith Seminary (2016)

  • Certified spiritual director and dream worker (2018)

  • Doctorate from Bar Ilan University on mikveh (2005)

  • Works with individuals and couples

  • Founding Director, Shmaya: A Mikveh for Mind, Body and Soul (Kibbutz Hannaton, Israel)

  • Lives with degenerative genetic neuromuscular disease

  • Lives with life partner of 30 years and has seven children (six biological, one adopted)

I'm Passionate about

  • Mikveh and water

  • Reinventing and creating ritual

  • Dreams and nature as windows to the soul

  • Writing and swimming

  • Sacred listening

  • Honoring each soul’s unique path

  • Peace in Israel/Palestine

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