Specifically what kind of relationships are defined as incestuous in Judaism? I am guessing that it is forbidden to marry one's parents/children or siblings but what about other relations like first cousins?
Also, what is the specific source (is this outlined Biblically or rabbinically)?
Answer
- Mother (B)
- Mother's mother (R)
- Mother's mother's... mother (R)
- Mother's father's mother (R)
- Father's mother (R)
- Father's mother's... mother (R)
- Father's father's mother (R)
- Father's wife (B)
- Father's father's wife (R)
- Father's father's... father's wife (R)
- Mother's father's wife (R)
- Father's mother's father's wife (R; some permit)
- Father's paternal brother's wife (B)
- Father's maternal brother's wife (R)
- Mother's brother's wife (R)
- Sister (B)
- Non-Jewish sister (R; some permit)
- Daughter (B)
- Daughter's daughter (B)
- Son's daughter (B)
- All further female direct descendants (R; some permit)
- Wife's daughter (B)
- Wife's daughter's daughter (B)
- Wife's son's daughter (B)
- All of wife's further female direct descendants (R; some permit)
- Wife's mother (B)
- Wife's mother's mother (B)
- Wife's father's mother (B)
- All of wife's further female direct ancestors (R; some permit)
- Father's sister (B)
- Mother's sister (B)
- Son's wife (B)
- Son's son's wife (R)
- Son's son's... son's wife (R)
- Daughter's son's wife (R)
- Brother's wife (B)
- Wife's sister while wife is alive (B)
(B = biblically prohibited, R = rabbinically prohibited)
Source: Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer 15
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