[Avodah] Clear Thinking about Male Homosexuals

[T613K at aol.com]

>> There is no case in the Torah  where an Israelite married or had a  
relationship with his  daughter.  Avraham married a half-sister (not  
stated in the 
text  though), Yakov married two sisters, Yehudah married his  
daughter-in-law  
yibumically, Amram married his aunt.  << [--old  TK]




>>>>>>
 
As I was re-reading this, I remembered that Avraham marrying a half-sister  
IS stated in the text--he told Avimelech that Sarah was his half-sister.  
 
But really she was not his half-sister, she was his niece, just as Lot was  
not his brother, but his nephew (though he said, "Anashim achim  anachnu"). 
The main point -- that people don't necessarily feel shame or  revulsion at 
marrying a sister (or half-sister) -- remains, as Avraham was  evidently 
not embarrassed to say that his wife was his sister.  But a  father and a 
daughter would be shameful everywhere.
 
 



--Toby Katz
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Romney -- good  values, good family, good  hair


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