"To immerse their wives": communal identity and the "Kahalishe" mikveh of Altona
On Sunday, the twelfth of Adar, March 2, 1681, the parnasim, the lay leaders of Altona, recorded an enactment in their communal logbook, the pinkas kehillah, regulating women's use of the local mikva'ot. Designating two privately-owned ritual baths as the only approved immersion locations...
Subtitles: | Research Article |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
[2012]
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AJS review
Year: 2012, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-279 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mikveh
/ Woman
/ Community
/ Identity
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RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism |
Further subjects: | B
Women
B Mikvah B Men B Excommunication B Synagogues B Wives B Revenue B Rabbis B Jewish rituals |
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