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Rav Wolfmussings said:

Heh. Whenever *I* bring up the suggestion that societal changes must be taken into account when determining halacha, I get blasted by some members of these boards. 🙂

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Wolf said:

I would be willing to bet that even when allowed, polygyny was the exception, not the rule. Most people probably had no more than one wife at a time.

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You must remember that there is a mitzvah to have children and many people probably had many wives to have many children.

I would be interested to know which of us is historically correct about this if anyone has a source please supply it.

thank you in advance