💡 Trivia Did you know? a ban attributed to an 11th-century rabbi forbade Jewish men to take a second wife or to divorce their wives without consent?

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Did you know that a ban attributed to an 11th-century rabbi forbade Jewish men to take a second wife or to divorce their wives without consent?
In Jewish law, the Herem of Rabbenu Gershom (Hebrew: חֵרֶם דְּרַבֵּנוּ גֵּרְשׁוֹם, ban of Rabbeinu Gershom; commonly abbreviated חדר"ג, ḤaDRaG) is a group of ordinances ascribed to Rabbeinu Gershom ben Judah of Mainz (c. 960–1028) and enforced by the sanction of ḥerem, or communal excommunication. The two best known forbid a married man to take a second wife, and forbid a husband to divorce his wife without her consent.

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