01585nam a2200361 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020004300112020004000155040002100195035002100216041001300237050002500250082001600275100002300291240002900314245015500343260003600498300001700534504005100551505020500602533015200807650001200959650003400971650002901005655002901034710001701063856012601080999001701206ebr10326364CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||081212s2009    mau     sb    001 0 eng    z  2008053967  z9780807077429 (hardcover : alk. paper)  z0807077429 (hardcover : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)6468229951 aenghheb14aBM703b.P6513 2009eb04a296.7/52221 aPolak-Sahm, Varda.10aBet ha-setarim.lEnglish14aThe house of secretsh[electronic resource] :bthe hidden world of the mikveh /cVarda Polak-Sahm ; translated from the Hebrew by Anne Hartstein Pace.  aBoston :bBeacon Press,cc2009.  axxiv, 248 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aMikveh. 0aJewish womenxReligious life. 0aPurity, RitualxJudaism. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10326364zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c56074d56074