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<DIV>In a message dated 6/10/2009, djhavin@iprimus.com.au writes:</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">>>She was not
raised as a Jew but I have now ascertained that her mother’s, mother’s,
mother’s, mother’s parents were both Jews....</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">She will need to
verify as a matter of fact that she is the sixth generation matrilineal
descendant of the couple....</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Assuming that all
this can be substantiated, is she entitled to be considered a Jew by a Beth
Din without further ado?<<<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV>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). </DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR><BR><BR>_____________________</B></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR><BR><BR>_____________________</B></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><DIV CLASS="aol_ad_footer" ID="49ee82c8ace9f30bb0abef857112b3bf"><br/><font style="color:black;font:normal 10pt arial,san-serif;"> <hr style="margin-top:10px"/>Download the <a href="http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004">AOL Classifieds Toolbar</a> for local deals at your fingertips.</font></DIV></BODY></HTML>