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Autore |
Polak-Sahm Varda |
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Titolo |
The house of secrets [[electronic resource] ] : the hidden world of the mikveh / / Varda Polak-Sahm ; translated from the Hebrew by Anne Hartstein Pace |
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Boston, : Beacon Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mikveh |
Jewish women - Religious life |
Purity, Ritual - Judaism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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