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The one unifying , incontrovertible experience shared by all women and men is
that months - long period we spent unfolding inside a woman ' s body . Because
young humans remain dependent upon nurture for a much longer period than ...
The one unifying , incontrovertible experience shared by all women and men is
that months - long period we spent unfolding inside a woman ' s body . Because
young humans remain dependent upon nurture for a much longer period than ...
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Periods of work at home and in the community of social life with her neighbors
and of marital relationship with her husband , alternate with periods of seclusion .
At regular intervals she is obliged to go away alone ; she may not cook , nor tend
...
Periods of work at home and in the community of social life with her neighbors
and of marital relationship with her husband , alternate with periods of seclusion .
At regular intervals she is obliged to go away alone ; she may not cook , nor tend
...
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In order to be legally married in contemporary Israel , a woman must present
herself at the Chief Rabbinate and declare the date of her last period ; her
wedding - date will be set thereby so that she does not go “ unclean ” to her
husband .
In order to be legally married in contemporary Israel , a woman must present
herself at the Chief Rabbinate and declare the date of her last period ; her
wedding - date will be set thereby so that she does not go “ unclean ” to her
husband .
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