tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post3379234760055701438..comments2024-03-28T02:08:17.990+02:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Intermarried couples try to raise Jewish childrenDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-91889043828387657452011-07-28T17:00:03.940+03:002011-07-28T17:00:03.940+03:00The Torah forbids intermarriage with 7 nations, p...The Torah forbids intermarriage with 7 nations, plus a few others like Moab, Ammon etc.<br />(just like it forbids certain species of birds to eat).<br />Hence, intermarriage with other nations is not d'Oraita (from the Torah), just like all other birds are permitted to eat.<br /><br />I am being deliberately controversial.<br /><br />Today, if someone needs to prove their Jewishness, the Bet Din will look at their maternal line, since their paternal does not really make any difference.<br /><br />Guess what Ezra did? Ezra 2:<br />59 And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers' houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: <br /><br />Was Ezra a reform Sofer?Ben MIkrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07122937371918515052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-91679206912983821482011-07-26T20:49:02.826+03:002011-07-26T20:49:02.826+03:00What a joke.What a joke.Daasnoreply@blogger.com