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This is pure Democrat political theater. Virtually the only networks carrying it are Democrat aligned and/or left-wing so-called “news” outlets, such as NBC/ABC/CBS/PBS/NPR etc., all having been spouting far left garbage for the last 60+ years.

“just don’t take wives that did not finish high school/seminary yet.”

Those wives are the most wholesome, temimusdik, happy, Yorei Shamayim and best mothers.

The so-called “hearings” are simply political theater. It is worthy of airtime only on Comedy Central.

“Why would I sit shiva for someone I don’t know”

Because Hashem said you should.

mentsch1: I’ve mentioned earlier that this inyan will mostly be applicable to wealthy men.

Only the Teimanim held of polygamy in recent history.

Moroccans and other non-Ashkenazim have living Jews who practiced it. It isn’t only Teimanim.

So yes, “exceedingly rare” in the sense that it was something practiced by a minority of one single Jewish ethnicity.

That is a mistaken notion. Au contraire. Enforcing monogomy is what’s practiced by a minority of one single Jewish ethnicity — namely, Ashkenazim. All non-Ashkenazic groups permit plural marriages. In fact, Chacham Ovadia Yosef zt’l was a very vocal supporter of it, and several times, on the record and available on recordings from his famous Motzei Shabbos shiurim insisted that Sephardim today should be permitted to have multiple wives. He was upset that the secular state outlawed it outside any binding halachic process. Indeed, the only reason it tapered off among non-Ashkenazim in general, is because the goyim/secular states most non-Ashkenazim move to in the last number of decades prevents them from engaging in it. From a purely Torah perspective it is fully permitted. If, as today seems very plausible if not likely, the various non-Jewish governments no longer pursue preventing plural marriages, then there’s every reason to believe non-Ashkenazim will immediately re-engage in their natural right they enjoy al pi halacha, already. And as has been pointed out, even for Ashkenazim Cherem R”G was initially setup with a built-in expiration date. Even though it was extended by later Rabbonim, current Ashkenazic Gedolim could decide it has outlived its usefulness and recognize that Rabbeinu Gershom himself set for the Cherem to expire and thus once again permit it.

Reb Eliezer, there’s a similar story of the Klausenberger Rebbe zt’l giving his socks to a girl in the DP camp, after the war.

Yaakov: The Fundamentalist Mormons openly practice it in the United States for the last 100+ years without legal issues (as long as it doesn’t involve underage spouses.) Furthermore, Supreme Court precedence from recent years makes clear that the State cannot interfere in such marital/religious rituals.

Interjection: Even if practiced, only a small minority of men and women would actually desire to engage in such marriages, out of both economic considerations and personal preferences, so it is unlikely to cause a reverse Shidduch Crisis. I don’t foresee a groundswell of women signing up to be a second wife, unless they’re part of the Shidduch Crisis of those previously unable to find a husband.

For non-Ashkenazim (Sephardim, Teimanim, Italkim, Moroccans, Persians, etc.) it doesn’t need to be reinstated since it is perfectly fine to engage in today, as it was never stopped.

She’s a soccer mom. She posts between games.

mentach1: Do the Jews who owns it fully keep Shabbos and Kashrus or are they Mechallel Shabbos and treif eaters?

Which is why I earlier says a safek mamzer cannot marry anyone. Unlike a mamzer, who can marry certain people.

Hashem has 72 names.

As far a referring to Him, as you cannot call Him by his name outside of Tefila, there’s

Hashem
Aibeshter
Ribono Shel Olam
Bashefer
Hakodesh Boruch Hu
Tatte
Gutt

and a number of others.

Please define who is, and what makes one, a “Litvak”?

There aren’t too many around.

Wolf: Your clarification is still pending.

besalel: In this instance, walking around with a Yarmulka in Jerusalem doesn’t trigger the goyim to form anti-Jewish riots; parading around waving the zionist flag, does.

I was always more of a Talmid of Moore’s Law.

Harryyid13: Excellent OP.

Thank You

While all politicians do this, it is a Democrat Party specialty.

Reb Eliezer, do you ever cross the street on red if the road is completely empty on both sides, perhaps at night time or any other time, or do you ever jaywalk by crossing in middle of the (empty) block rather than going (all the way) to the corner (on a long avenue) as the law demands?

Or are you truly the tzadik who is concerned about Dina Dmalchusa and would never walk across the street on red or cross in middle of the block?

Actually, doctors use a looser description of life at risk than poskim.

Chelkas Mechokek (2:5.9): One who knows that there is a mamzer is not allowed to reveal this information – But it is stated in Shulchan Aruch (EH. 2:3) that two people had testified that a family has a mamzer or challel. How can they do this since they are violating the halacha of not revealing this information? However saying they shouldn’t testify also presents a difficulty since we pasken in this sif that if there is a doubt whether there is a mamzer in a particular family that someone who marries a member of that family needs to get divorced – so why isn’t it a mitzva to reveal this information because today or tomorrow witnesses will come and testify that there is a mamzer in the family and consequently the children of this family will be considered sofek mamzerim? A possible answer is that concerning the Ran on which the leniency of the Rema is based, he could be talking about a case where it is not clear that a member of the family is actually a mamzer – but merely that there is a rumor. Perhaps it is only such a case where the Ran is saying that there is no need to reveal this information except to modest people [who won’t spread the information]. However when two witness know for certain that a mamzer assimilated into this family it is very difficult to claim that they should not testify since the children of this family – once the information becomes public that there is a mamzer who is mixed into this famly –will henceforth be sofek mamzerim.