I've heard that Rabeinu Gershom (a 10th-11th century scholar) banned 3 things, and I know one of them is polygamy. Does anyone know what the other two are?
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Be'er Hagolah at the end of Yoreh Deah 334 lists the following:
- Not to marry more than 1 wife.
- Someone who is in Cherem should not be a Shaliach Tzibur.
- A person should not be away from his wife more than 18 months.
- Not to rent a house from a non Jew if a Jew is living there.
- Not to cut off the margin of a page of a Sefer, even to write on it.
- Not to embarrass a Baal Teshuva about his previous sins.
- Not to look at his friends letters without permission.
There are many more, see the link above.
answered Aug 31, 2012 at 14:57
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2How is embarassing a Baal Teshuva not Ona'at Devarim mideoraita already? See Mishna BM 4 10: אם היה בעל תשובה לא יאמר לו זכור מעשיך הראשונים– Double AA ♦Commented Aug 31, 2012 at 15:05
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1(follow up question here: judaism.stackexchange.com/q/18868/759)– Double AA ♦Commented Aug 31, 2012 at 15:11
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"G" also has a qualifier that I've never heard anyone mention before. Thanks for providing the link, because I think some of these are misunderstood. (Even more reason for this other question to be asked.)– Seth JCommented Aug 31, 2012 at 15:24
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3at the end of the list the Be'er Hagolah writes that he copied the list from the Teshuvat Maharam, who lists additional gezerot, not brought by the Be'er Hagolah due to lack of space.– MenachemCommented Aug 31, 2012 at 18:28
I have heard that he wrote all of sha"s and said that that is the authoritative girsa and was gozer not the change it.
(from sefer פירושי רבינו גרשום printed by אור החיים, in the הקדמה)
'famous three'. It might be interesting to determine what set these three aside historically.