[PDF.66dc] Women and Water: Menstruation in Jewish Life and Law (HBI Series on Jewish Women)

Women and Water: Menstruation in Jewish Life and Law (HBI Series on Jewish Women)

[PDF.lo39] Women and Water: Menstruation in Jewish Life and Law (HBI Series on Jewish Women)

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 | #2467067 in Books |  Brandeis |  1999-11-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.67 x5.98l,.97 | File type: PDF | 290 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Brilliant and revealing|By Lexi|"Women and Water" is a well constructed essay of brilliant anthropologic examinations, through all manners of research, of the development and establishment of feminine purity laws. The short, yet in-depth study regarding social control based on gender and ethnicity is wholly revealing of the culture. Silent communication is loudest here.|12 of|From Library Journal|Part of the publisher's new series on "Jewish Women," this interesting book traces Jewish law on the purifying effects of water on women. Addressing a basic tenet of religious Jewish family life, the book also describes ethnographic and anth

The term Niddah means separation. During her menstrual flow and for several days thereafter, a Jewish woman is considered Niddah -- separate from her husband and unable to practice the sacred rituals of Judaism. Purification in a miqveh (a ritual bath) following her period restores full status as a wife and member of the Jewish community. In the contemporary world, debates about Niddah focus less on the literal exclusion of menstruating women from the synagogue, instead ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Women and Water: Menstruation in Jewish Life and Law (HBI Series on Jewish Women)   |  From Brand: Brandeis. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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