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Ploni Almoni said he didn’t want to perform Yibum with Rut because he was didn’t want to harm his children. Why didn’t he simply say, I can’t marry her because it’s prohibited? What was his fear and what was his error?<\/p>\n

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Ploni Almoni said he didn’t want to perform Yibum with Rut because he was didn’t want to harm his children. Why didn’t he simply say, I can’t marry her because it’s prohibited? What was his fear and what was his error? Shiur provided courtesy of\u00a0Torah Anytime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133454,"featured_media":45925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shavuot","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"\nCan Halacha Change? Har Tzvi Uncovers why Ploni Almoni was Worried<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ploni Almoni said he didn't want to perform Yibum with Rut because he was didn't want to harm his children. 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