01585nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10326364 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 081212s2009 mau sb 001 0 eng 2008053967 9780807077429 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0807077429 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646822995 eng heb BM703 .P6513 2009eb 296.7/5 22 Polak-Sahm, Varda. Bet ha-setarim. English The house of secrets [electronic resource] : the hidden world of the mikveh / Varda Polak-Sahm ; translated from the Hebrew by Anne Hartstein Pace. Boston : Beacon Press, c2009. xxiv, 248 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Mikveh. Jewish women Religious life. Purity, Ritual Judaism. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10326364 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 56074 56074