[Avodah] Yisrael af al pi shechata

[Zev Sero]

Rich, Joel wrote:
>  
> I believe we've discussed the force of this statement before but don't 
> recollect if we discussed whether the child of a meshumedet is 
> considered Jewish

Why wouldn't he be?  She's still Jewish.  (The requirement for a
meshumad to go to mikveh and re-accept the mitzvos is purely a takana
made by medieval Ashkenazi communities for its symbolic effect, to
bring home to people just how serious a problem shmad is.  It's of no
real halachic effect.  It's like the shevuah that BD sometimes makes
someone take with a sefer torah and black candles, etc, all pure
mumbo-jumbo from a halachic standpoint, but designed to dramatise to
the person how serious a false oath is.  If a meshumad returns and
doesn't "reconvert" he's just as kosher.)

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