Permited by majority opinion

B”HPermited by majority opinion-prohibited by foolish custom that goes on in modern times primarily due to rabbinic and communal inertia.
It’s clear from Rabbi Yaakov Emden’s responsa http://pilegesh.blogspot.com/2006/10/rabbi-yaakov-emdens-answer-regarding.html which deals with quotes and explains major rabbinic responsa regarding pilegesh that pilegesh was never even formally prohibited just taught as prohibited to the masses due to the [...]

There is no mitzvah to marry:

B”HRabbi Yaakov Emden writes:

Ramban writes:

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Rabbi Yaakov Emden’s responsa regarding pilegesh.

B”HBellow is the complete translation of the Rabbi Yaakov Emden’s clarification regarding the permissibility of pilegesh relationship.
Update: Thanks to Mark Guterman it is now available as a PDF for easier reading and printing:http://pilegeshpersonals.com/Rabbi_Yaakov_Emden’s_responsa_on_Pilegesh.pdf(if you have a slow computer right click the link above and click “save as” to download)
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Advantages of being a pilegesh.

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Rabbi Yaakov Emden writes:
“[A single woman living with a man] ought to feel no more ashamed of immersing herself in a communal mikveh at the proper times than her married sisters.“Those who prefer the pilagshut relationship may certainly do so. . . . For perhaps the woman wishes to be able to leave immediately without [...]

Shalom!

B”HThis blog will feature information about Torah laws related to “pilegesh” . We are also planning to include pilegesh personal ads, but for now lets start with some Torah quotes. Pilegesh – ConcubineTorah Passages Bereishit 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Re’umah, also bore children: Tevach, Gacham, Tachash, and Ma’achah. Bereishit 35:22 And it [...]