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Women, Birth, and Death in Jewish Law and Practice »
Authors: Rochelle L. Millen
ISBN-13: 9781584653400, ISBN-10: 158465340X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Rochelle L. Millen
ROCHELLE L. MILLEN is Professor of Religion at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio.
Book Synopsis
A sensitive exploration of the development of pivotal life cycle rituals as they touch Jewish women's lives.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| I | Birth | |
| Ch. 1 | Beginnings | 15 |
| Ch. 2 | Birth Control and Contraception | 26 |
| Ch. 3 | Fertility and Infertility | 55 |
| Ch. 4 | Simhat Bat: Celebrating the Birth of a Daughter | 70 |
| II | Death | |
| Ch. 5 | Mourning: Kaddish and the Funeral | 111 |
| Epilogue | 161 | |
| Notes | 167 | |
| Works Cited | 211 | |
| Index | 235 |
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