“I have goosebumps.” Hanna’s* eyes filled with tears as I told her my Hebrew name. “I can’t believe it, wow. I have such emunah.”**

Domestic abuse is a pattern of controlling, coercive, threatening, or violent behaviour used by one person to gain and maintain power over another in an intimate or familial relationship.

For religious Jews, there is a prohibition on working during Shabbos (or Shabbat, the sabbath, from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown). In this context, working means doing something for a purpose.

For religious Jews, there are also issues of modesty. As with some better-known groups, such as religious Muslims, many Jewish women dress modestly, cover their hair and do not show their bodies in public.

“During a fast, your body will make sure baby is getting what they need (whether pregnant or breastfeeding); however, it’s at the expense of the mother.”

Years ago, when I was a new mother, my infant daughter was hungry, so I latched her on. It didn’t occur to me that there was anything wrong with doing this during Friday night Shabbat services in the synagogue.