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The posuk says I can provide my Jewish servant with a slavewoman to make me children-slaves. Can I give him multiple wives?

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You could improve this question by pointing to the pasuk you refer to. – Isaac Moses Jan 31 '11 at 4:27
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As always CYLOR – Menachem Mar 4 '12 at 17:40
@Menachem!! [15] – Seth J Feb 12 at 5:14

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Rambam, Avadim 3:5, explicitly addresses your question, and the answer is 'no'.

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Halacha 7 in the linked-to text. (Thanks for the link, R'IM.) – msh210♦ Jan 31 '11 at 4:29
5, if you go by the bracketed numbering. (You're welcome. Thanks for the reference.) – Isaac Moses Jan 31 '11 at 5:00
No explanation? – Seth J Feb 12 at 5:16
@SethJ, better now? – msh210♦ Feb 12 at 22:57
That's not really an explanation, but I guess the question doesn't really ask for one. Hmm. – Seth J Feb 13 at 4:27

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