The fact that polygamy is permitted in the Torah is obvious from the many great men who had multiple wives beginning with the three fathers and the six mothers; though the practice was outlawed by the Rabbis with a 1000 year proclamation that ended a few decades ago, still the question remains as to the justice of polygamy—why is a man allowed to have more than one wife while the woman is bound to one man and no more? The Creator’s insistence on equality stems from the six days of creation which were divided male and female equally, but if God is so concerned about equality than why the disparity?

The answer to this question is found in the Zohar-Book of Secret which states plainly: in the next world women will have multiple mates. Generally when the Torah speaks in terms of the next world what is meant is the spiritual realm where the soul migrates after the cycle of life on planet earth which means the Zohar is not predicting the future, but relating the present situation how it is in heaven. If one thinks this is just juxtaposition, it is not.

The symmetry of life is unbroken in every aspect particularly a thing essential as male and female. On a simple level like that of the animal, one male is sufficient for many females to sire offspring, but human sexuality differs from animals that mate only when in heat while humans display complete spontaneity. In Jewish Law though the men is able to have more than one wife, it is the wife who decides when to copulate; one could only imagine the intrigues and alliances made amongst the women of the house to protect themselves against the man. If we say the system is good then why would the Zohar say in the next world, the spiritual world where the soul ascends, the situation will be reversed?

The answer lies in the system of reincarnation which according to the Sefer HaGilgilim/Book of Reincarnations women reincarnate different than men who represent the line and have to come back over and over again until they reach their goal whereas women liken to the circle come back at will to be the Bat Zug/Appointed Mate of a particular soul. If the person with that soul merits in this world to find his Zug/Mate then good and if not than she will do something else with her life.

In the next world men will share one woman if that woman had volunteered many times with different souls. It is much more than juxtaposition between the physical and the spiritual, but rather an essential ascension into a way of being that brings the person closer to the Creator through life experiences on different worlds in different forms continually playing out the different possibilities endlessly.