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Aaron
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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 consummated, he would be forbidden from receiving 'Aliyoth and there may be further halakhic repurcussions as time goes on. The Rabbi said that nothing could be done because it was the ruling of Ovadia Yosef as codified in Yalkut Yosef. Does anyone know if this is true and where in the Yalkut Yosef it can be found? And as a second question, does anyone know if it is normative halakha to restrict someone in such ways because of their marital status?

Aaron
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