Have jewish rabbi's always been able to marry, and if not, since when were they allowed?

I Judaism celibacy has always been seen NEGATIVELY! The mitzvha of p'ru u'revu- be fruitful and multiply, is binding on EVERYONE. Everyone regardless of job or rank is expected to amrry and have children In fact, one cannot be considered to be fully righteous if you are not. Anyone reading the Tanakh can see this- Sarah despairs at no having children and tells Abraham to take Hagar to have children with so he can fulfill the itzavah and Sarah can be inolved through Hagar; Channah the mother of Samuel the prophet goes to pray to have children when she is barren. and there are others.

So, the Jewish leadership- the Judges and prophets then; the Rabbis today, have always gotten married and had children

IF God didn't encourage marriage, then how come all of his messengers (with the exception of Jesus, there is no proof as to weather he had a wife or not) had wives? Yes, Rabbis have always been allowed to marry. Despite what many christian denominations believe, God does not view sex as something shameful, or below anything holy. Only unlawful or perverted sex is shameful and unholy.

The very first commandment is to be fruitful and multiply. The first rabbis appeared about 200 BCE. At that time, boys became adults upon marriage. An unmarried man would have had NO followers whatsoever!

Marriage is vitally important in Judaism, and refraining from marriage is considered unnatural. Marriage is not solely for the purpose of procreation, but is primarily for the purpose of love and companionship.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1204127...

“…In many ways Amitz Koah is reminiscent of Milton's Paradise Lost - but with a difference. Milton writes: "Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste brought death into the world, and all our woe..." It may be that all of this is Judaism's way of countering the Christian concept of original sin and of making sure that we do not consider marriage and sexual relations as somehow connected to sin. It is not accidental then that Adam and Eve are mentioned in the marriage ceremony and the birkat hamazon recited at wedding feasts in such a positive way. It is another indication that as far as Judaism is concerned there is no "original sin." Adam and Eve did not bring about "all our woe." Their union was not connected to sin. They are merely symbolic of all human beings who begin as innocents but soon fall into disobedience and sin.” Reuven Hammer

Christianity idealized non-family life in the epistles of Paul: “It is well for a man not to touch a woman. But because of the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife… I say this by way of confession, not a command. I wish that all were (celibate) as I myself am” (1 Cor. 7:1-7). By contrast, the ancient Rabbis of the Talmud taught that one of the first things asked of a soul in judgment after its time on the earth is, “Did you fulfill your duty with regard to establishing a family?” A man could not become the Jewish High Priest unless he was married (Yoma 2a), and a man could not be a judge of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish high court, unless he had children, “since they teach him compassion.” Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Rabbis, in most orthodox circles are considered strange if they don't marry. The implication would be that they play for, um another team

In Judaism marriage is considered a mitzvah. Every Jew should get married and that includes the Rabbi if he/she isn't already married.

The very first official priest was Aaron, the brother of Moses, and Aaron was married. In fact, because Aaron and his family were completely dedicated to the Temple, God ordered the Hebrews to give Aaron and his family ten percent of their harvest, that's how the tithe came to be.

God never told anybody not to marry~It started with Adam and Eve