Mamzerim, and Establishing Lineage
Note: In this file, the word mamzer (male) or mamzeret (female) refers to someone born from certain prohibited relationships.
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Accepting silence as admission of his status
Credibility in Determining the Lineage of an Unknown Father
Establishing a Kohen's Lineage
Inheritance
Definition of a Mamzer
Which prohibited relationships create mamzerim: Ketuvot 29b-30a
A relationship between a
kohen gadol
and a widow: Ketuvot 29b-30a
A relationship between a
kohen gadol
and a woman who is not a betulah: Ketuvot 30a
A relationship between a Yisrael and an
Egyptian or Edomite in their first three generations
: Ketuvot 30a
Relations between a Mamzer and a non-Mamzer
The
Punishment
: Makkot 13a
Other Laws of Mamzerim
The punishment for
raping
a mamzeret: Ketuvot 29a
Credibility Regarding Lineage
It is forbidden to cause the spread of misinformation defaming another's lineage: Niddah 13a
Testimony based on a Childhood memory of hearing that a certain family's Lineage was [Not] Kosher: Ketuvot 28b
Testimony that a person was at a Couple's
Ketzatzah
: Ketuvot 28b
Status of an Infant found in the Market: Yoma 84b-85a, Ketuvot 15a-b
Mother's credibility on her child's lineage: Ketuvot 12b, 13a, 13b, 16a
Mother's credibility if most of the world is permissible to her: Ketuvot 14a, 14b-15a
Requiring One Majority or Two, to establish the situation: Ketuvot 15a-b
If Both members of an engaged couple say the child is theirs: Ketuvot 14a
Someone of Unknown Lineage
Status vis-a-vis property of the Father, and Kehunah: Ketuvot 13b
Someone of unknown lineage, who is considered to have valid Lineage: Ketuvot 13b
What if someone is silent in response to accusations of problematic lineage: Ketuvot 14b
The child's status follows the worse of the two statuses of its parents, in a case where their union is prohibited: Temurah 5b
Beyond the Law
Producing an illegitimate child is
a crime for which there is no correction
: Chagigah 9a, 9b-10a
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