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Title: Noah and Ham
Post by: Ben Yehuda on March 31, 2008, 07:24:41 PM

I was listening to Chaim's show today and was shocked at his explanation for the curse of Ham and his son Canaan. That seems extremely freakish behavior for a son to force sexual relations on his father. So I did a little reading and found this: http://www.lumengentleman.com/content.asp?id=158

This seems more plausible, although I am not a Torah scholar by a long shot. Anyone have any comments?

Title: Re: Noah and Ham
Post by: Ben Yehuda on April 01, 2008, 09:00:59 AM

Thanks for your reply Dan.

In the link they refer to the phrase "uncovering his father's nakedness" as a term which likely represents him copulating with his father's wife/women/harem. They use this as the explanation for why Canaan the son of Ham is also cursed since it is implied that Canaan is the offspring of Ham's violation.

I guess it depends how you interpret the phrase "uncovering his father's nakedness" since either way it is not literal.