2007-09-13 15:38:26 · 7 answers · asked by komar 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Lets correct the above answers
According to the halachah - yes, a man can have more than one wife BUT it was always discouraged, and the hebrew for a co-wife is a Tzarah, which has the same root as the hebrew for trouble.
In the tenth century, the practice was forbidden by Rabbeinu Gershom, and the ban he put in place is universally accepted by all Ashkenazi Jews. Depending on the community, some Sephardi Jews followed his ban, though many, such as the Temeni (Yemenite) and Moracai (Morrocan) communities only stopped the practice of multiple marriages a couple of centuries ago (probably since they were embedded in cultures in which it was the norm.
2007-09-15 10:16:09 · answer #1 · answered by allonyoav 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To this day there are Jews emigrating to Israel who have more than one wife. It is allowed, but no more wives can be added. Most of them are from Africa and the Arab countries.
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2007-09-15 19:06:13 · answer #2 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they obey the old testament which is their Bible then no for Genesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh
It says wife singular
2007-09-13 22:45:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Oh yes, a man who is Jewish can have as many as 72 wives but they must all be virgins throughout the marriage and bring their mothers along with them.
2007-09-13 22:52:08 · answer #4 · answered by Yank 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No I think you are confused with the Mormon religion that no longer practice polygamy......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy
2007-09-13 22:45:37 · answer #5 · answered by Kayla 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. No. No.
2007-09-14 01:05:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-09-13 22:45:52 · answer #7 · answered by nanny411 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋