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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: BenDavid on Polygamy in Judaism
Message-ID: <441@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Nov-84 11:31:42 EST
Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.441
Posted: Fri Nov  9 11:31:42 1984
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Reply-To: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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In article <1665@ucf-cs.UUCP> yiri@ucf-cs.UUCP (Yirmiyahu BenDavid) writes:
|| An interesting question has come to mind on this subject. Since the Arab
|| population in Israel is reproducing at a rate I think about 3 times that
|| of the Jews, is it possible that polygamy might once again be made
|| acceptable (since there is no strong prohibition in Torah)?

Torah prohibitions only affect observant Jews, and observant Jews
(inside and outside Israel) are already having lots of kids, so it
wouldn't make a difference. Besides, as Susan noted, there's no
particular shortage of Jewish men in Israel.

Dave Sherman
Toronto
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