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Author

Polak-Sahm, Varda.

Uniform Title Bet ha-setarim. English

Title The house of secrets [electronic resource] : the hidden world of the mikveh / Varda Polak-Sahm ; translated from the Hebrew by Anne Hartstein Pace.

Imprint

Boston : Beacon Press, c2009.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xxiv, 248 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Mikveh.
	Jewish women -- Religious life.
	Purity, Ritual -- Judaism.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780807077429 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0807077429 (hardcover : alk. paper)