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There was only one answer that bothered me. It was either from last week or from wek before last. He told someone that the Sanhedrin might make polygamy legal again. To me, this is unthinkable. It's like making slavery legal again. If this happens, I will know that this is not the true Sanhedrin that G-d wants.
Masha, I have to disagree with you on this one.
Both slavery and polygamy are PERMITTED but not REQUIRED by the Torah.
Therefore while Jews are in galuth, under the rule of foreign nations who illegalized things that the Torah PERMITS, we follow their laws. However, if they demand that we do something that the Torah FORBIDS, then we listen to the Torah and disregard the law of the land. That is a situation of being ruled by other nations.
But in a situation where we have autonomy, how can you expect a true Sanhedrin to rule according to the dictates of Western Culture instead of the Torah?
I grew up in a Western Culture just as much as you did, Masha. But in order to be a Jew, you must turn your thoughts to the Torah and not to Western ""Morality"".
If you think polygamy is wrong, you are calling Avraham, Yaakov, Gideon and David, evil.
On what basis do you condemn our most noble of ancestors?
On Western Culture, which is not exactly a shining example of moral behavior.
Slavery is Wrong?!?!?!?!
All of the Patriarchs had slaves. All of the Kings of Israel had slaves. Many of the Rabbis from the Mishna and Talmud had slaves. Maimonides had slaves.
The Torah explicitly condones both Slavery and Polygamy.
Therefore I would say the opposite of what you said.
Any Sanhedrin that would issue a ruling that contradicts The Torah, Tanakh, Mishna, Talmud, Maimonides and many others, is not a Sanhedrin from G-d.
I don't care about it personally, because I have no desire for a 2nd wife or a slave. But I do care about the Torah being perverted and cut and pasted in order to fit preconceived notions. The Torah is meant to have us change our lives to fit the Torah, not change the Torah to fit our lives.