"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...

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Subtitles:Research Article
Main Author: Ḳaplan, Devorah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2012]
In: AJS review
Year: 2012, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-279
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mikveh / Woman / Community / Identity
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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