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Same-Sex Marriage / Homosexuality (Modern Halachic Discourse)
This entry covers how contemporary Jewish legal and ethical discussion engages questions of homosexuality and same-sex relationships — an area where the traditional prohibitions, pastoral concern for individuals, and sharply differing communal approaches all meet. It is among the most sensitive live conversations in modern Jewish life, handled very differently across the denominations.
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Sefer Charedim · Rabbi Elazar ben Moshe Azikri
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(כג) כמעשה ארץ מצרים אשר ישבתם בה לא תעשו אמרו בתורת כהנים מה היו עושים איש נושא איש ואשה נושאה אשה ואלו הן נשים המסוללות:
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