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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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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?
