- the
level above it. The
levels are: Avi avot
hatumah (grandfather of impurity) - a
human corpse Av
HaTumah (father of impurity) -
Maimonides enumerates...
- In the
realm of
tumah and
taharah terminology, the term Av
HaTumah ("father of uncleanness," or
simply Av) is a
rabbinic term for a
person or
object that...
-
HaTumah,
something able to
transfer uncleanliness. In addition, his
actual zav discharge, saliva, ****, and
urine are also
deemed to have Av
HaTumah...
- the dead
Impurity of the land of the
nations Ritual washing in
Judaism Tumah and
taharah Kegare Judaism portal Maimonides,
Mishneh Torah (Hil. Tum'ath...
-
heifer ceremony could have had any
contact with the dead or any form of
tumah, and
implements were made of
materials such as stone,
which in
halakha do...
- Ṭohorat
ha-bayit (in Hebrew). Vol. 1–3. Jerusalem: Meʼor Yiśraʼel. OCLC 20658501.
Medieval Responsa Literature on Niddah:
Perspectives of
Notions of
Tumah by...
-
Mikveh Niddah Ritual purification Ritual washing in
Mandaism Tevilat Keilim Tumah and
taharah Wudu
Leviticus 15:13
Leviticus 15:11
Psalms 26:6
Exodus 30:18–20...
- The
Hebrew Bible taught that any
Israelite who
touched a corpse, a
Tumat HaMet (literally, "impurity of the dead"), was
ritually unclean. The
water was...
-
Light on the W****ly
Torah Portion – From the
Writings of
Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook'. Urim Publications. p. 188. ISBN 965-7108-92-6.
Jeremiah 17:13...
- avi avot
ha-
tumah). Thus, the
Mishnah taught that a
corpse can
confer a
generating impurity, a "father of impurity" (אב הטומאה, av
ha-
tumah), on a person...
