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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Dan on October 16, 2007, 12:16:38 PM
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I'm curious to know if this is still practiced today...
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I never heard of it but i guess it's possible
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A few years ago, I heard of a group of ultra religious Jews that wanted to revived the practice.
But generally, the answer is no.
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Really, I heard that the Chasidic Jews practice it... still.
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I don't know about that.
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what are CONCUBINES? prostitutes
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what are CONCUBINES? prostitutes
As defined by Wikipedia:
The term concubine generally signifies ongoing, quasi-matrimonial relationships where the woman is of lower social status than the man or the official wife or wives. Some historical Asian and European rulers maintained concubines as well as wives.
Historically, concubinage was frequently voluntary (by the girl and/or her family's arrangement), as it provided a measure of economic security for the woman involved. Involuntary, or servile, concubinage sometimes involves sexual slavery of one member of the relationship, typically the woman.
Where it has a legal status, as in ancient Rome, concubinage is akin, although inferior, to marriage. In opposition to those laws, traditional Western laws acknowledged marriage as the only marital relationship, until civil unions and domestic partnerships were accepted or created
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So in some cases it's like a second class wife
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no