Questions tagged [mamzer]
the child of a forbidden relationship; can not marry regular Jews
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Mamzer from non-Jew
If a Jewess married to a Jew has a child from a non-Jew is that child a mamzer?
Is there agreement amongst the poskim about this?
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Can a kohen be a mamzer?
A friend and I were discussing this. Generally speaking, it seems that it should be impossible for a person to be a kohen (rather than a chalal) and also a mamzer, because the set of women whom a ...
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How to fix Mamzeirim
There is a Gemara in Kesuvos (2b–3a) where it says that if someone divorced someone on condition and then didn't fulfill the condition, the woman doesn't become divorced, she becomes un-married ...
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How can God be just in light of Deuteronomy 23:3?
Deuteronomy 23:3: A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of the
LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the
assembly of the LORD.
I asked a similar question here -
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Is a Child Born to Jewish Mother and Father Outside of Marriage a Mamzer?
I was reading that a child born to a married Jewish mother to a father who is not her husband is a Mamzer (bastard). But what if the parents are both Jewish, neither of them are married but they have ...
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What evidence is required to indicate mamzer status?
It seems to me that just about every possible shadow of doubt is used to prevent halachic rulings that would classify a person as a mamzer. From my understanding after having read this paragraph on ...
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Can the descendants of a mamzer ever become full Jews?
Is there any way for the descendants of a mamzer to ever become Jews with full rights, or are they stuck with mamzerus forever? For example, if a man who is a mamzer marries a non-Jew, and then their ...
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Many mamzerim today?
In modern times, we go out of our way to make sure that we never find out that someone is a mamzer. For example, courts in Israel are very reluctant to order paternity tests for children for fear of ...
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Why doesn't a ben niddah acquire the status of a mamzer?
One who commits incest is punished with Kares (spiritual separation from the divine source), and any product of incest has the status of a Mamzer.
One who has relations with a Niddah is also ...
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Why can't an illegitimate child enter the temple?
Deuteronomy 23:3: A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of the LORD.
Why can't an illegitimate child enter ...
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Status of person with two different DNAs
Well, simple this is not. Some people can be made of "two" different DNAs. It basically happens that two embryos fuse making one health adult with two different DNAs, also known as a chimera.
If such ...
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Are civil divorces not recognized by Orthodox rabbis?
A Jewish couple gets a civil divorce. The wife remarries, and has children with her new spouse. Are the children of this second marriage, which was performed without a get having been issue, ...
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Mamzeirim and Slaves
If Reuben's sister, Hanna, is a slave and she and Reuben have sexual intercourse, are their children slaves or mamzeirim?
Acc. to the Mishna in Yevamot 4:12-13, the offspring of a forbidden
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Is un-pedigreed Jew assumed mamser for marrage to Orthodox girl even after he becomes Orthodox?
This is a clarification of the "up-conversion" questions I asked recently. According to the many sources on the internet many Orthodox rabbis hold the general presumption that declared and observant ...
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Is the son of a non-Jewish father a mamzer? [duplicate]
Is someone has a non-Jewish father but a Jewish mother, this obviously makes them a Jew. But does it make them a mamzer?
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Does Rashi on Bereshis 7:4 imply that a human can be created against Hashem's will?
Rashi on Bereshis 7:4 says:
ארבעים יום. כְּנֶגֶד יְצִירַת הַוָּלָד, שֶׁקִּלְקְלוּ לְהַטְרִיחַ לְיוֹצְרָם לָצוּר צוּרַת מַמְזֵרִים
Is Rashi implying that a human be created against Hashem's will? Was ...
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