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Findo
July 25th 2004, 08:40 PM
Deu 25:7 And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.'

Just wondering, does modern Judaism still require blokes to sire children with their dead brother's wife? Does it only count if the living brother is unmarried?

Thanks.
stillsmallvoice
July 26th 2004, 05:34 AM
Hi La Scala Boy!

Not exactly. See http://tinyurl.com/4q5qj and http://tinyurl.com/69dlv.

Any questions?

Be well!

ssv :hi:
Findo
July 27th 2004, 05:47 AM
mmm... that was really confusing... can you sum it up for me?
Cherith
July 27th 2004, 02:48 PM
mmm... that was really confusing... can you sum it up for me?

Yeah, especially since I couldn't get the TinyUrl to work!
Menachem
July 27th 2004, 03:58 PM
Yeah, especially since I couldn't get the TinyUrl to work!

funny I could
Cherith
July 27th 2004, 05:21 PM
funny I could

That's because you were being a disobedient Jew again, Eli, and not using the browser of choice for Tweb - viz., Mozilla Firefox!
Timothy Leary
July 27th 2004, 05:48 PM
In my firefox (which uses the Noia 2.0 theme) I can even create Tiny Urls by doing a right click and selecting "Creat TinyURL for this page" because of the 1337 extensions I've installed. TinyURL must not like disobedient Christians :P :P :P
Findo
July 27th 2004, 08:45 PM
can someone just answer the question?
Timothy Leary
July 27th 2004, 10:28 PM
Sorry bout that!

*Grabs TNK*

It has generally not been practiced, a large part of the reason is because polygamy is illegal in virtually all places Jews live.
Findo
July 28th 2004, 02:55 AM
So it did actually involve marriage? If you are unmarried an your brother dies leaving no children are you then supposed to marry your sister in law?
Goose
July 28th 2004, 08:11 PM
So it did actually involve marriage? If you are unmarried an your brother dies leaving no children are you then supposed to marry your sister in law?
Why do you ask? Did you brother die?
yxboom
July 28th 2004, 08:19 PM
Why do you ask? Did you brother die?
I think he may be plotting for such an "accident"
Findo
July 29th 2004, 07:36 AM
Why do you ask? Did you brother die? my sister-in-lay is totally hot...

j/k - I don't have any brothers...

... I was just wondering... and when was it done away with in regards to Christianity...
stillsmallvoice
July 29th 2004, 12:25 PM
Hi all!

I 'pologize if the TinyURL's aren't working. The full links are:

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=293&letter=L&search=Levirate%20marriage

and

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=137&letter=H.

See http://www.torah.org/learning/halacha-overview/chapter24.html and http://www.torah.org/qanda/seequanda.php?id=377 as well for a barebones overview.

Be well!

ssv :hi:

It is against our rules to "argue by weblink". We would prefer that, if you are going to post a link, please either include an extract from that linked document or summarise its conclusion. Otherwise, it makes the discussion hard to follow.