Sadam is dead – another prophecy fulfilled

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By the grace of G-d
On Shabbos Parshas Bo Nun-Aleph (January 1991) the Lubavitcher Rebbe King Moshiach (Messiah) Shlit”a spoke of the destruction of Bavel (Babylon, Iraq), “May it be the will of G-d Almighty that the nations of the world will continue to destroy and destroy, until the true victory”. At that time the [...]

Lubavitcher Rebbe on Polygamy

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(a recent Chabad Lubavitch billboard in Manhattan)
“(scroll down to bolded font is you want to skip the part about levirate marriage and only read about polygamy.)
5The section of Rambam which we study today covers the closing chapters of Laws of Divorce and the beginning of Laws concerning Levirate Marriage (Yibum) and Chalitzah.
The source of these [...]

Polygamy & the Marriage Market: Who Would Have the Upper Hand?

B”HPolygamy & the Marriage Market: Who Would Have the Upper Hand?March 16, 2006 – Robert H. Frank, The New York Times
Most people believe that consenting adults should be free to do as they please, provided they do not cause unacceptable harm to others. The difficult question, of course, is what constitutes unacceptable harm. The debut [...]

Polygamy: pros and cons

B”HPolygamy: pros and consNovember 26, 2006 – Tony Robinson, The Jamaica Observer
O love, be moderate;Allay thy ecstasy;In measure rain thy joy..Make it less,For fear I surfeit.- Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
THAT call would certainly not be made by the proponents of polygamy, the way of the lover, the Jamaican man, who would rather say, “Bring [...]

Polygamy’s Practice Stirs Debate in Israel

B”HPolygamy’s Practice Stirs Debate in Israel
BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH
WASHINGTON — Polygamy may be banned by the stateconstitution and abolished by the predominant religion, but it is stillpracticed by ultra-orthodox followers of the faith, some who want itmade lawful to avoid sticky legal and moral questions. Sounds like Utah, but it’s Israel. Political pressure to loosen the [...]

How To Insure Large Polygamous Families

B”HHow To Insure Large “Unconventional” FamiliesJune 15, 2006 – Greg Jacobs
A few weeks ago I received a phone call asking how to insure, if possible, large unconventional families, more specifically, polygamist families. I had never received a call like this, and I would think that most insurance agents/brokers never have either. So, I [...]

ISO: Kosher Concubine The Jewish week reports

B”HShalom!Good news and bad news:Good news: We got some media exposure and got Agudath Israel of America spokesman Rabbi Avi Shafran to admit that pilegesh is permitted but is not normative (whatever that means). Apparently it’s more normative Jewish practice to endure community members picking up hookers(and infecting their own wives with STDs) or a [...]

Another perspective.

B”HShould one have a pilegesh before marriage?While it’s not prohibited and Rabbi Emden points out that either married , divorced or single man can have a pilegesh there may be practical reasons not to do it.Here is another perspective from the Lubavitcher Rebbe. However one needs to keep in mind that this is a general [...]

Pilegesh was never prohibited

B”HShelos Yaavetz -R.Yakov Emden. Ch.2:15-שאילת יעב”ץ ח”ב טוIt was clarified that – דכבר נתבארPilegesh was never prohibited- דפלגש לא נאסרהand was never known to be prohibited…ולא נודע שקבלוה לאיסורonly a mistaken custom which has no binding..ומנהג בטעות אינו מנהגAnd in truth a Pilegesh is permitted…ובאמת הוא מותרon the contrary it is a guard to the [...]