Tag: niddah

Can Leviticus’ Purity Laws Help Us Understand #MeToo?

Rabbi Laurie Rice

The particular section of the Torah that we read at this time of year addresses issues including menstruation and childbirth. This part of the Torah is, indeed, a bar or bat mitzvah student’s worst nightmare.

Bloody Waters at the Mikveh

Tara Mendola

Has the reclamation of the mikveh gone so far as to erase menstruation? We may be missing an opportunity for sex-positive, body-affirming discussion of what it means to be a person who can get pregnant.