Mamzer

Mamzer
Halakhic texts relating to this article
Torah:	Deuteronomy 23:3, Zechariah 9:6
Babylonian Talmud:	Yevamot 49a-b, 69a, 78b, 87b, Kiddushin 67b and 73a
Shulchan Aruch:	Even HaEzer 4

In the Hebrew Bible and Jewish religious law, a mamzer (Hebrew: ממזר, lit., "estranged person"; plural mamzerim) is a person who is born as the result of certain forbidden relationships or incest (as it is defined by the Bible), or the descendant of such a person. Mamzer status (ממזרות, mamzerut) is not synonymous with the traditional western definition of illegitimacy, since it does not include children born to unmarried mothers.^[1]

^ Mishnah Yebamot 4:13; Babylonian Talmud, Yebamot 49a

[1] Mishnah Yebamot 4:13; Babylonian Talmud, Yebamot 49a

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