Tag: menstruation

Blood and Boundaries

A Re-Reading of the Torah portion Tazria-Metzora for Survivors of Sexual Violence

Can Leviticus’ Purity Laws Help Us Understand #MeToo?

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.