title: [Menstruation and the woman in Judaism].
abstract: Since ancient time subtile cultic regulations have been fundamentals of the habits of jewish people. Women had been affected from these in a considerable degree, consequently pressed into a social exceptional position. The laws of cleanness about behaviour during menstruation have been joined on a large scale. Nevertheless, behind the religious demands are a actual quinding directives of hygiene and timeless ethical principles. The question for prophylactic hints enclosed there cannot be answered.
authors.affiliation: St.-Josefs-Krankenhaus, Potsdam.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwarz
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007599:Judaism / Q000266:history*; D008598:Menstruation; D012071:Religion and Sex
vernacular_title: Menstruation und Frau im Judentum.