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Tumah and taharah

In Jewish religious law, there is a category of specific Jewish purity laws, defining what is ritually impure or pure: ṭum'ah (Hebrew: טומאה, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced ) and…

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Tumah and taharah

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impurity ritual impure person hebrew niddah ṭaharah purification pure zavah status laws state ṭum'ah corpse purity also times zav ritually

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childbirthinstance ofarising from natural conditions0.80text
menstruationinstance ofarising from natural conditions0.80text
and contact with corpsesinstance ofarising from natural conditions0.80text
and moral impurityinstance ofarising from natural conditions0.80text
which results from severe transgressions including idolatryinstance ofarising from natural conditions0.80text
sexual offensesinstance ofarising from natural conditions0.80text
and bloodshed.Yitzhaq Feder proposed that biblical impurity is best understood through several distinct cognitive models rather than a single conceptinstance ofarising from natural conditions0.80text
including contagioninstance ofarising from natural conditions0.80text
disgustinstance ofarising from natural conditions0.80text
and transgression.Building on these approachesinstance ofarising from natural conditions0.80text
David Bar-Cohn argues that Priestly purification rituals serve a dual functioninstance ofarising from natural conditions0.80text
the King James Versioninstance ofin English language Bibles0.80text

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