[Avodah] [Areivim] Polygamy

[Rich, Joel]

R' Joel Rich:
> Seems logical but is there any discussion of how and who to make such 
> a determination - especially since it seems assumedly chazal made 
> these based on their corner of the world and on anecdotal evidence  
> (e.g. how did Sanhedrin determine whether rov hatzibbur would accept a

> gzeirah?)

I thought that that was after the fact. I believe an example of this is,
IIRC, Tevillas Ezra.

KT,
MYG

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I believe it is both - see Rambam Mamrim 2:5

KT
Joel Rich
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