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The house of secrets : the hidden world of the mikveh /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Polak-Sahm, Varda
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Mikveh.
Jewish women > Religious life.
Purity, Ritual > Judaism.
Table of Contents:
  • The place
  • The balaniyot
  • A dose of impurity
  • Blood and banishment
  • Purity and sexuality
  • Female rituals, sisterhood, and female authority
  • Between a woman and God
  • Between man and wife.