[Avodah] Jew Or Not?

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 09:59:42PM -0400, T613K at aol.com wrote:
: I think most rabbanim would say that she needs a gerus misafek if, at the
: time of her birth, her mother was a Christian (even if the mother was
: halachically Jewish by matrilineal descent).

This might be what RnTK meant, but...

Even without any safeiq in her yichus, we would require miqvah and
qabbalas divrei chaveirus in front of a BD. Reaffirming a return to the
Jewish faith, even if already born into the Jewish people.

This is a difference between C & R on one hand, and shmad on the other.
Someone who leaves Yahadus for a movement that self-identifies as Jewish
can be accepted as a BT without qabbalas divrei chaveirus.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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