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To: Jewbacca

In the Mosaic Law if you were married, but your brother died and his wife had no offspring yet, you were comanded to marry your sister in law and bring forth children in your brother’s name. Also, if you were married, and you were caught cheating with an unmarried woman, you had to take her as an additional wife and you were not allowed to divorce her.
From my understanding, Jews teach that the 10 Commandments forbid a man from coveting another man’s wife but that an unmarried woman can covet a married man because she has the possibility of marrying him.

In all these cases one has to admit that God endorsed polygamy. Also, when Nathan condemned David for sending a man to his death so he could gain his wife he told David that God (yes, God) had blessed David with 6 wives but that David had done wrong in stealing another man’s wife and causing him harm.


254 posted on 06/02/2009 11:42:22 PM PDT by Bushwacker777
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To: Bushwacker777

If you googled as requested, the teachings of the Rabbi on this issue are very clear.


256 posted on 06/03/2009 7:12:12 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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