Cape Cod is the perfect vacation destination: gorgeous beaches, friendly people and plenty to do. Rabbi Kuti and Rebbetzin Devorah Alperowitz have been working for 14 years to provide a Jewish home away from home for visitors to the area. During the summer, they hold a minyan (prayer service) almost every day in their lovely Chabad House, and have arranged with local Stop and Shops to sell kosher food (hard-to-get items are brought in from Boston). Their next goal is to create a mikvah.

These stories are certainly out-of the ordinary and reflect the Alperowitzes’ dedication to the community: 

Story One:

An couple in their late 40s living on the Cape was involved with the Chabad House and were struggling to have a child. After the Rabbi encouraged them to go to the Mikvah, she became pregnant and had a beautiful daughter.

Story Two:

A woman in the community tried unsuccessfully to have children for a long time. She had used every possible resource at her disposal to have a child, but to no avail. Then she decided to go to a class at the Chabad house led by a guest lecturer who specialized in childbirth and mikvah. She was intrigued by the Mikvah, but didn’t act upon it.

Then one day she found herself stuck at Heathrow airport in London and who should she bump into but the woman who gave the class at Chabad! Moved by the profound message, she returned to the Chabad House and told the Rabbi, “I am ready to do Mikvah”. Following his guidance, she used the mikvah and became pregnant — Mikvah has transitioned her life into Em, a mother. Her thank-you was in the form of a sizable donation to the Mikvah fund. Now she is quite anxious to see it built!

Should you choose to donate in the merit of a segulah (good luck charm) for yourself or your loved ones, you can include a petek (note) that will be read on the day the Mikvah is built, along with a special tefillah (prayer) in your merit. A petek should include your name (preferably in Hebrew, if you have one) and the merit you’d like.