Sanhedrin 21: The Pitfalls of Knowing Reasons for the Mitzvot
Another daf with 2 mishnayot - on kings. First, he is prohibited from marrying too many wives - that is, no more than 18. With some dispute over whether that is because of the risk of being led astray (a problem if true of only one wife!) or an edict about the wives themselves. With a parallel question as to why the Torah prohibits taking a widow's garment as collateral - is it a matter of her financial standing or her status as a widow? Second - the king also is prohibited from having too many horses or too much wealth, and he must write his own personal Torah scroll, which he carries with…
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