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" The house of secrets "
/ Varda Polak-Sahm
; translated from the Hebrew by Anne Hartstein Pace
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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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BL
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| Record Number
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2813
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b15242
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Uniform Title
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[Bet ha-setarim.English]
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| Main Entry
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Polak-Sahm, Varda
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| Title & Author
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The house of secrets:the hidden world of the mikveh/ Varda Polak-Sahm ; translated from the Hebrew by Anne Hartstein Pace
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| Publication Statement
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Boston: Beacon Press,, c2009.
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xxiv, 248 p.: ; 23 cm.
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9780807077429(hardcover : alk.paper)
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Print
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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Mikveh
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Jewish womenReligious life
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Purity, RitualJudaism
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| Dewey Classification
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296.7.5
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| LC Classification
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BM703.P6513 2009
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