Questions tagged [intermarriage]
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Intermarriage Attendance
Is there a Halachic problem with being in attendance to an intermarriage preformed in a regular hall meaning not a problematic location? What is the source in the Halachic literature if there is an ...
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Can the husband in a gentile married couple convert without his wife?
We are a gentile married couple and my husband wants to convert to Orthodox and I'm still not sure if I want to convert at all. I found out that the Conservative would let my husband convert and stay ...
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How to explain to friends/family that one will not attend an intermarriage
Suppose a friend or family member becomes engaged to a non-Jew. For the sake of this question, also assume that a trusted rabbi has been consulted and he has ruled (after considering any relevant ...
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Currently in a marriage with a non-observant Jewish woman and I want to convert to Orthodox
I am currently married to a Jewish woman who is non-observant. I wish to convert to normative Orthodox Judaism and be observant. My wife is agreeable to study with me and keep a jewish home. My wife ...
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Is it permissible for a Jewish woman to marry a Muslim man and vice versa?
As both Abrahamic religions, Islam and Judaism have the same God and share a common law then how do rabbis see the marriage of a Jewish woman marrying a Muslim man and vice versa? What about their ...
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Does Bishul Akum Apply To Half-Siblings
Speaking to a Rabbi recently he told me the rules of Bishul Aqum have more to do with preventing intermarriage than risk of non kosher ingredients being added to food without a Jew's knowledge.
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Marriage of a Cohen to a woman with a non-Jewish father: Are the sons Cohanim?
Asking because it is not answered here:
If, as suggested in the linked question, a Cohen may b'dieved (but not l'chatchila) marry a woman whose father is a non-Jew, will the sons from such a marriage ...
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Can a Jew have a non-Jewish "bashert" or vice-versa?
Follow-up to "Do non-jews have soul mates?":
Can a Jew have a non-Jewish "bashert" (Divinely designated soul-mate) or vice-versa?
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Does Hashem forgive for ongoing, recurring sins?
Say for example a halalachly uneducated Jew intermarries and then years later realizes the marriage is a Torah violation and has great regret, yet he loves his wife and there are children involved. He ...
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What does a Christian need to know before he marries a non-religious Jewish woman and plans to have a family?
I understand that Judaism does not permit inter-marriage, and also that some people do it anyway, particularly if the Jew in the marriage is not religious. What problems can arise for the people in ...
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Does a Jew need to obtain a get if his ex-wife is not Jewish?
A Jewish man marries a non-Jewish woman in a Jewish ceremony, with a ketubah, under the supervision of a non-orthodox rabbi.
Later on, the couple obtains a civil divorce.
May the Jewish man now ...
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Kohen status of a son by intermarriage?
If a Jewish man marries a non-Jewish woman, their children are not considered to be Jewish. (Some Jews don't, or didn't, agree). Presumably, if the man was a Kohen, any son he had would not be a Kohen ...
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According to Reform Judaism, should rabbis be allowed to have non-Jewish spouses?
According to Reform doctrine, is it 1. permissible for rabbis to marry non-Jewish spouses, and 2. advisable for them to do so, considering that rabbis are generally seen as role-models of proper ...
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Minhagim for someone with a non-Jewish father
Furthered from a question I asked earlier: Is the son of a non-Jewish father a mamzer?
If someone was born from a non-Jewish father and a Jewish mother (which makes them 100% a Jew), what minhagim do ...
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Are two children from different mothers but the same gentile father considered sibilings?
Two children that have the same father but different mothers are forbidden to have relations on grounds of incest. If their father is a gentile (and they have different Jewish mothers), it is not ...
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Sitting shiva for intermarrying child
We all heard about families sitting shiva if a child marries out of faith.
Are there documented cases of this happening? (With all the rites of Shiva, not just cutting the child out of the family.)
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Is it really kosher to "apply" to become a gentile king's wife?
Near the beginning of the Purim story, Esther lives in King Achashverosh's harem and "applies" to be queen by spending the night with him. What do our interpretations say about why she did this and ...
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How does Judaism reconcile the prohibition against Moabites/Ammonites joining the congreration and their royal lineage?
Wikipedia says that Naamah, wife of Solomon, was an Ammonite. That is the mom of Rehabeam. King of Judah.
Ruth is a Moabite. That is one ancestor of David.
Okay, so Jews have these prohibition ...
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Clarifications on Faith [closed]
I'm a little unsure as to some aspects of Jewish faith. I've asked a few questions on here that have received fairly negative ratings, I suppose they may have seemed like 'foolish' questions, or look ...
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Sidra question about Samson
Why did Samson the holiest ever person at birth 'degrade' himself and 'marry' a philistine woman and how did she cause his 'downfall? What made him tell her his 'precious' secret? Did that he came ...
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Prohibition on relations with a gentile woman
In this question, I hastily posted that I thought "a Gentile woman is at least as forbidden to a Jewish man as another man's wife would be."
In light of the discussion here -- is this true? (It would ...
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Invited to Engagement of Girl intending to marry out: Attend/Not-attend?
We have recently been invited to an engagement of a Girl who intends marrying someone that is not Jewish. However, the girl and her family are related family members.
Firstly, is it permitted (in ...
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Does a Jewish woman married to a non-Jew need to cover her hair?
I know that Jewish women married to non-Jews do not need to go to mikvah (and indeed should not do so with a blessing). Is there any evidence suggesting that a woman married to a non-Jew does not have ...
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Hebrew name of a convert with a Jewish father? [closed]
I technically was not born Jewish as my mother didn't convert until I was about ten. At that time I also underwent a ritual conversion. However, I've always assumed my Hebrew name should end in Ben ...
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Can an Orthodox Jew attend the Reform wedding of a close relative?
A Jew is marrying a non-Jew who converted in a Reform synagogue. The Chuppah will be held in a Reform synagogue and the party (dinner/dance) will be in a non-religious venue.
Is there any reason why ...
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Why did it take so long for Ezra to notice the intermarriages?
In Ezra 7:8 it says Ezra and the people who made aliyah with him arrived in Yerushalayim in the fifth month. In 8:32-33 it says they rested for three days and on the fourth were ready to count the ...
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Intermarriage in the written Torah
In Leviticus 19:20 they speak of a Canaanite slave being betrothed to a Hebrew (and defiling herself with another man). From this I understand that a non Jewish slave women was going to marry a Jew.
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Source that a Jewish girl is forbidden to have relations with a non Jew
I see that it is forbidden for a Jewish girl to get married to a non-Jew (E"H 16.1) but why is she forbidden to have relations with him without marriage?
Source please.
(I guess the source might be ...
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Sitting shiva for a parent who married a gentile
Someone told me that if your parent marries a gentile, you are halachically not supposed to sit shiva for them when they pass away. This doesn't sound like it could be true.
Can you please clarify?
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How is it permissible for a Jewish slave to marry a Canaanite slavewoman?
In Shemot, chapter 21 verse 4, we learn that a master can give his Jewish slave a Canaanite slavewoman to bear the master slave children:
If his master gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or ...
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Stopping Intermarriage [closed]
Intermarriage is the reason that a significant number of Jews are disappearing. What can or should be said to someone who is contemplating marrying out of the Jewish faith?
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Is the Cushite woman Zipporah?
:וַתְּדַבֵּ֨ר מִרְיָ֤ם וְאַֽהֲרֹן֙ בְּמשֶׁ֔ה עַל־אֹד֛וֹת הָֽאִשָּׁ֥ה הַכֻּשִׁ֖ית אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָקָ֑ח כִּֽי־אִשָּׁ֥ה כֻשִׁ֖ית לָקָֽח
"And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite ...
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What is the most successful way to do conversion for a Gentile girl in a relationship with a Jew?
Suppose the following situation, which commonly arises. A Jewish guy starts dating a non-Jewish girl, and they both fall in love. She respects his religion and wants to convert in order to be able to ...
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What is the source for the prohibition on marrying gentiles?
I have often heard that religious and traditional Jews are very concerned with intermarriage with non-Jews and strongly discourage it. But halachically, what is the support for the prohibition?
I am ...
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Yibbum and Jewish brothers who share a Gentile father
Suppose there are two brothers who share the same Jewish mother and non-Jewish father. One marries a Jewish woman but subsequently dies childless. Does yibbum/chalitzah apply in this situation, or are ...
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Intermarriage - contradiction in punishment according to Rambam?
In Sefer Hamitzvos, negative commandment 52 about marrying non-Jews, the Rambam says
There are variations regarding the punishment for one who transgresses this prohibition. If he has relations ...
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If a man is married to a Gentile, is he forbidden from receiving an Aliyah?
Recently a man went into a Sephardic synagogue with his Conservative Convert fiance to pray and eat. Upon learning of the woman's status, the Rabbi informed the man that once the marriage is ...
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In a mixed marriage is the Issur also on the Non-Jew?
As far as I know I have not seen in the 7 laws of Bnei Noach that they have "Lifnei Iver"
Now of course a Jew cannot marry a Non-Jew. But is the Non-Jew in question also considered a Rasha?
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The daughter of a Bas Levi and a Gentile?
If a Bas Levi has a son with a gentile, the son does not need a pidyon haben.
In the case of a daughter born between a Bas Levi and a gentile, is the daughter of that union a Bas Levi or an Yisrael? ...
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Any restrictions for the Orthodox sister of a woman who has married a non-Jew?
If a Jewish woman marries a non-Jewish man and has children with him, are there any restrictions related to halacha or minhag on her [Orthodox] siblings' and their families' interactions with her, her ...
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Intermarriage among Middle eastern Jews right before 1948
I was wondering does anyone know where I can find out the Intermarriage rate among Middle eastern Jews right before 1948 particularly amongst the Iraqis and the Syrians?
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Sources for contemporary applications of משום איבה
My answer to Eating with non jews gives an example of a prohibition to prevent intermarriage and the use of the concept of משום איבה to relax the prohibition.
More generally, on the one hand, ...
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Can a Jew marry a Free Mason?
I am widowed and know little of my Jewish Heritage. Of this, I know, I observe the Torah and do my best to abide by it. Since I know little, and I am interested in marrying a non-Jew who is a Free ...
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What is the prohibition of intermarriage?
The Gemara says that there's no kiddushin between a Jew and a non-Jew (the marriage is not effective), yet the only way to violate the prohibition of intermarriage is through marriage (at least for ...
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Keeping Kosher Jewish/gentile marriage
A young couple is in love and intends to marry. She is Jewish and he is Christian. Each respects the other's religious beliefs and neither intends to convert.
She keeps kosher. OTOH, he eats ...
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Conservative procedures for avoiding intermarriage?
Conservative rabbis are prohibited from performing intermarriages (e.g.,
http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/ethical_guidelines/Code%20of%20conduct-2011-public.pdf).
Is ...
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Intermarriage and Jewish status of their children
My question is, if a non-Jewish man marries a Jewish woman, since the marriage is invalid, are the children Jewish? Specifically, is there any source in the Mishnah which says that they are not ...
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What makes a Kohen not a Kohen?
If a Kohen has sex with a non-Jew do they lose their Kohen status forever?
If a Kohen becomes impure through lesser means, for example walking on a grave or touching a dead body, do they lose their ...
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Marooned Jew and island girls
A lone observant Jew is stranded on a small pacific island. Under what circumstances may he take one of the island women as a wife and procreate from her?
The elements: Must the Jew remain celibate? ...
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Whom Did the Sons of Jacob Marry? [duplicate]
The non-biblical book of Jubilees chapter 34 (c. 2nd c. bce) preserves a tradition about the wives of Jacob's sons:
And after Joseph perished, the sons of Jacob took unto themselves wives. The name ...
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