[Originally posted in 2013. This is from Pentateuch & Haftarahs.]
TABLE OF PROHIBITED MARRIAGES
In Force Among Jews To-Day
| A man may not marry:— | A woman may not marry:— |
| (a) His mother, grandmother, and ascendants; the mother of his grandfather; his stepmother, the wife of his paternal grandfather, and of his ascendants; and the wife of his maternal grandfather. | (a) Her father, grandfather, and ascendants; her stepfather; and the husband of her grandmother, and of her ascendants. |
| (b) His daughter, grand-daughter, great-grand-daughter and her descendants; his daughter-in-law; the wife of his son’s son, and descendants; and the wife of his daughter’s son. | (b) Her son, grandson, great-grandson; her-son-in-law, and the husband of her grand-daughter and descendants. |
| (c) His wife’s mother or grandmother; the mother of his father-in-law and ascendants. | (c) Her husband’s father, or grandfather, and the father of her father-in-law—and descendants; and the father of her mother-in-law. |
| (d) His wife’s daughter or her grand-daughter, and descendants | (d) Her husband’s son or grandson, and descendants. |
| (e) His sister, half-sister, his full- or half- brother’s wife (divorced or widow; see, however, on Deut. XXV, 5, 9); and the full- or half-sister of his divorced wife in her lifetime. | (e) Her brother; half-brother; her full- or half-sister’s divorced husband in her sister’s lifetime; and her husband’s brother and her nephew. |
| (f) His aunt, and uncle’s wife (divorced or widow), whether the uncle be the full- or half-brother of his father or mother | |
| (g) A married woman, unless Get has been given; and his divorced wife after her remarriage (her second husband having died or divorced her). | (g) A married man, unless Get has been given; and her divorced husband after the death or divorce of her second husband. |
| (h) Anyone who is not a member of the Jewish Faith; the issue of an incestuous union (mamzereth); the married woman guilty of adultery with him; and the widow whose husband died childless, until Chalitzah has been performed. AKohen may not marry a divorced woman, a Chalitzah widow, or a proselyte. | (h) Anyone who is not a member if the Jewish Faith; the issue of an incestuous union (mamzer); and the man guilty of adultery with her as a married woman. |
| [A man may thus marry:— | [A woman may thus marry:— |
| (a) His stepsister, his stepfather’s wife (divorced or widow), his niece; and his full- or half-brother’s or sister’s daughter-in-law. | (a) Her stepbrother; and her stepmother’s former husband. |
| (b) His cousin; his stepson’s wife (divorced or widow); and his deceased wife’s sister.] | (b) Her cousin; and her deceased sister’s husband, whether of a full- or half-sister. |
| (c) Her uncle.] |