Blood
April 20, 2018
References to blood appear at least sixty-five times in the Torah, and more, depending on how you do the counting and excluding references to menses.
Ellen Dannin, a thought leader on labor and privitization, has taught and written primarily about American and New Zealand labor and employment law. She also writes about privatization of government services and public infrastructure. Her most recent law school position was as the Fannie Weiss Distinguished Faculty Scholar and professor of law at Penn State Dickinson School of Law. She is a former member of the Ann Arbor Havurah, Dor Hadash in San Diego, and Congregation T’chiyah in Detroit.
References to blood appear at least sixty-five times in the Torah, and more, depending on how you do the counting and excluding references to menses.
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