Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Observance, Marriage, Women in Judaism (4/12) Previous Document: Question 8.30: How long after a spouse dies can the surviving partner remarry? Must they marry their spouse's younger brother? Next Document: Question 8.32: What is the restriction on woman to sing in public and infront of men? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Answer: There are a number of prohibited relationships in Judaism. The Torah sets forth a list, and any community cannot, by custom, violate a Torah prohibition. For example, a man cannot marry certain close blood relatives, the ex-wives of certain close blood relatives, a woman who has not been validly divorced from her previous husband, the daughter or granddaughter of his ex-wife, or the sister of his ex-wife during the ex-wife's lifetime. These are all enumerated in Leviticus 18. These include that one cannot: * Have sexual relations with one's mother (Leviticus 18:7). * Have sexual relations with one's father (Leviticus 18:7). * Have sexual relations with one's father's wife (Leviticus 18:8). * Have sexual relations with one's sister (Leviticus 18:9). * Have sexual relations with one's father's wife's daughter. * Have sexual relations with one's son's daughter (Leviticus 18:10). * Have sexual relations with one's daughter's daughter (Leviticus 18:10). * Have sexual relations with one's daughter (this is not explicitly in the Torah but is inferred from other explicit commands that would include it). * Have sexual relations with one's fathers sister (Leviticus 18:12). * Have sexual relations with one's mother's sister (Leviticus 18:13). * Have sexual relations with one's father's brothers wife (Leviticus 18:14). * Have sexual relations with one's father's brother (Leviticus 18:14). * Have sexual relations with one's son's wife (Leviticus 18:15). * Have sexual relations with one's brother's wife (Leviticus 18:16). * Have sexual relations with one's wife's daughter (Leviticus 18:17). * Have sexual relations with the daughter of one's wife's son (Leviticus 18:17). * Have sexual relations with the daughter of one's wife's daughter (Leviticus 18:17). * Have sexual relations with one's wife's sister (Leviticus 18:18). User Contributions:Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Observance, Marriage, Women in Judaism (4/12) Previous Document: Question 8.30: How long after a spouse dies can the surviving partner remarry? Must they marry their spouse's younger brother? Next Document: Question 8.32: What is the restriction on woman to sing in public and infront of men? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: SCJ FAQ Maintainer <maintainer@scjfaq.org>
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