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<DIV><BR>RZS writes: </DIV>
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<DIV>>>Ruth and Orpah were not Jewish when they were married to Machlon
and<BR>Kilyon. We learn hilchot gerut from the exchange between Ruth
and<BR>Naomi on their way to EY, after Machlon and Kilyon died.
Therefore<BR>they were never legally married to Machlon and Kilyon, and had
Naomi<BR>remarried and had a son, he would have been allowed to marry the
now-<BR>Jewish Ruth.<<<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Yes but what mitzva of yibum is there if your brother married a
non-Jew? </DIV>
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<DIV>If she converts to Judaism after he dies, she is now a new-born
person, not his wife. </DIV>
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<DIV>Actually I always wondered that about the whole story of Ruth. It
seems to me it was more of a midas chasidus, lifnim mishuras hadin, for Boaz to
marry Ruth. Surely no one had any yibum obligation towards her -- is what
it seems to me.<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</B></FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>