[Avodah] Ahab

[Lisa Liel via Avodah]

On 11/26/2015 5:21 PM, Saul Guberman via Avodah wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Eli Turkel via Avodah 
> <avodah at lists.aishdas.org <mailto:avodah at lists.aishdas.org>> wrote:
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>     Later in history Ezra fought against the prevelant custom of
>     marrying nonJewish women.
>     see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaith_marriage_in_Judaism
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>     Eli
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>     So was the switch to matrilineal descent from a takana Ezra or before?
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>

Why do you think it was a switch?  It was always matrilineal descent.  
Ever since Sinai.

Lisa