Noun:

मेजर,

mamzer's Usage Examples:

to marry or divorce, particularly in relation to the inherited status of mamzer, the marriage of males from the priestly line, persons not recognized as.

As he is known to have been a bastard and reputed to have had a Jewish mother, this nickname is considered to be derived from mamzer.

Nevins, commenting on this case, noted that the box of traditional tools Rabbi Yosef used to discredit evidence of mamzer status may be sufficiently robust as to cover virtually all cases of inquiry in the types of situations a congregation rabbi would be likely to experience.

However, if the unknown parents could have supported the child, it was regarded as potentially being a mamzer.

Halakhic definitionsIn the Talmud the term mamzer is applied to the descendants of specific illicit unions.

and more recently in its decision prohibiting the taking of evidence on mamzer status on the grounds that implementing such a status is immoral.

Jewish law forbids a mamzer from marrying another Jew of legitimate birth, which is the.

German: Lachs; OED, MW) Mamzer: Bastard (from Yiddish/Hebrew: ממזר‎, mamzer; OED) Maven: Expert, aficionado (מבֿין‎, meyvn, from.

A child born of incest as defined by the Bible is a mamzer.

The descendants of mamzers, up to the tenth generation, were also.

A child born of a married woman's adultery is a mamzer.

Conservative JudaismThe Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) of the Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism has declared that Conservative Rabbis should not inquire into or accept evidence of mamzer status under any circumstances, rendering the category inoperative.