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From: Eli Turkel via Avodah  <avodah at lists.aishdas.org>
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> The specific problem was  marrying Canaanites. Yosef married an Egyptian,
> and Moshe a  Midianite.

[1] Esav seems to be crticized for marrying in the family of  Ishmael. What 
was
wrong with that?


[Email #2.]

> No, it  was zera kodesh, not mixing with the cursed seed of Kenaan,

[2] Who did  the sons of Yaakov marry? Even if he had daughters one cant 
marry  a
sister.

-- 
Eli Turkel





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[1] The problem, as Rashi says, is that he only married her to blow smoke  
in his parents' eyes, as proven by the fact that he did not divorce the  
idol-worshipping wives his parents hated!  He just added another one to the  
harem.
 
[2] The same medrash that says the 12 shevatim were born with twin sisters  
says or implies that they married each other's twins.  They kept /most/ of  
the Torah but strictly speaking were only obligated to keep Noahide law 
which  permits brother-sister marriages, esp if they are from different mothers.
 
A simple reading of the text OTOH would imply that they married local  
women, Canaanite women.  Some probably married relatives from Aram or  local 
relatives.  Undoubtedly there were many cousins, esp if girls from  the 
Yishmael and Esav lines are allowed, and why wouldn't they be?
 
Once there was a "three-fold cord" of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yakov, the  
dangers of the subsequent generations marrying Canaanite women and being  
influenced by them were not as great.  The survival of the clan as a  separate, 
G-d-fearing clan was now assured.
 

--Toby  Katz
t613k at aol.com
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