Blood sisters From: Jerusalem Post | Date: April 4, 2008| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Jerusalem Post
04-04-2008
Headline: Blood sisters
Byline: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Edition; Up Front
Section: Features
Page: 40

Friday, April 4, 2008 -- 'God spoke to Moses saying, 'Speak to the children of Israel, saying, when a woman conceives and gives birth to a male, she shall be ritually impure [and thereby forbidden from entering the Sanctuary] for a seven-day period; just as during the days of her separation [nida - menstruation] she shall be ritually impure'" (Lev. 12:1,2)

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