or Jewish law, which stretch back thousands of years and often prescribe different practices for men and women. The laws of ritual purity, for example, prescribe specific behaviors for women on ...

Olive oil was used to light the menorah; menorah olive oil was prepared in ritual purity and placed in vials, each holding only a day's worth. Enter the Maccabees, a group of Jewish priests turned ...

"Add purity and holiness to the world ... how each of us connects to the commandments and the great story of the Jewish people. Thank you, Meirav, for reminding us about the big story and ...

Koren demonstrates that the male rejection of female mystical aspirations is based in deeply rooted attitudes toward corporeality and ritual purity. In particular, medieval Jewish male mystics ...

And in the Jewish kitchen, everything that is pure is certified as such by the kosher certificate of purity. In “Being Kosher”, Ruth Olshan applies this Jewish tradition of verifying the ...