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The article offers information regarding Jewish Purity Practices around the turn of the Common Era related to the Jerusalem Temple in Palestine. It informs that the Jewish sect at Qumran practiced strict purity regulations is the requirement of a couple to wash themselves after sexual intercourse which would have taken place far away from the Temple. It also mentions that the Jewish philosopher Philo, emphasizes the need for washing after sexual relations before touching anything.