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#Prior to the enactment of the Cherem D'Rabbeinu Gershom, one was permitted to marry multiple wives, provided he was able to provide financially and emotionally for each of them.<ref>Rambam Hilchos Ishus 14:3, Tur Even HaEzer 1:9 ruling like Rava on the Machlokes found on Yevamos 65a. Nonetheless, at the end of the Siman, the Tur forbids anyone from marrying more than one woman in places where the Cherem D'Rabbeinu Gershom was put into effect.</ref> A number of reasons have been provided for its enactment including preventing abusive and womanizing husbands from mistreating their wives<ref>Shu"t MaHarik, Shoresh 101</ref>, preventing marital fights<ref>Darkei Moshe, Even HaEzer Siman 1:11, Mordechai on Kesuvos, Siman 291</ref> and preventing men from marrying wives that they would not be able to support<ref>Shu"t Mishkenos Yaakov, Even HaEzer Siman 1, Shu"t Maharam Padova Siman 14</ref>. Others include an additional reason of preventing a possible scenario where the son and daughter of one man (from two separate women) want to marry each other, a union prohibited according to Halacha<ref>Yevamos 37b</ref>. | #Prior to the enactment of the Cherem D'Rabbeinu Gershom, one was permitted to marry multiple wives, provided he was able to provide financially and emotionally for each of them.<ref>Rambam Hilchos Ishus 14:3, Tur Even HaEzer 1:9 ruling like Rava on the Machlokes found on Yevamos 65a. Nonetheless, at the end of the Siman, the Tur forbids anyone from marrying more than one woman in places where the Cherem D'Rabbeinu Gershom was put into effect.</ref> A number of reasons have been provided for its enactment including preventing abusive and womanizing husbands from mistreating their wives<ref>Shu"t MaHarik, Shoresh 101</ref>, preventing marital fights<ref>Darkei Moshe, Even HaEzer Siman 1:11, Mordechai on Kesuvos, Siman 291</ref> and preventing men from marrying wives that they would not be able to support<ref>Shu"t Mishkenos Yaakov, Even HaEzer Siman 1, Shu"t Maharam Padova Siman 14</ref>. Others include an additional reason of preventing a possible scenario where the son and daughter of one man (from two separate women) want to marry each other, a union prohibited according to Halacha<ref>Yevamos 37b</ref>. | ||
#It is prohibited for a man to marry a second woman, even in a situation where the first wife consents to the second marriage <ref>Darkei Moshe, Even HaEzer, Siman 1, Os Ches </ref> | #It is prohibited for a man to marry a second woman, even in a situation where the first wife consents to the second marriage <ref>Darkei Moshe, Even HaEzer, Siman 1, Os Ches </ref> | ||
#There is a debate as to whether or not a woman would also be | #There is a debate as to whether or not a woman would also be Halachically culpable if she marries a man with another wife<ref>Haghos Sma"k Siman 186 is of the opinion that even the woman would be culpable this situation (See Encyclopedia Talmudit, Vol. 17, entry on Cherem D'Rabbeinu Gershom, footnote 30). The Be'air Heitev (Even HaEzer, Siman 1, Seif Katan 20) and Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (Shu"t Ein Yitzchak Even HaEzer Siman 3:9) hold that the woman would not be culpable as the Cherem only makes the man culpable in its original enactment. </ref>. Even those who would not hold the woman culpable in such an instance still maintain that it would be extremely ill advised to enter such a marriage . As such, any efforts, by a Beis Din or otherwise, to deter such behavior should be encouraged<ref>Shu"t Shoel U'Maishiv, Vol. 1:114</ref>. | ||
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