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<div align="justify"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: bold;">Rav
Yaakov Kaminetsky</span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><sup><font
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size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(Emes LeYaakov Parshas Yechi
page 237):</span></font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> A
practical example of zealousness which is not based on a correct
reading of the
halacha is found in the following question. A person has the choice of
marrying
a Jewish woman who doesn’t observe the laws of family purity or a
non‑Jewish
woman. Which is preferable? A student who has not properly served an
apprenticeship with an experienced posek will say that it is obvious
that the
person should chose to marry the non‑Jewish woman. That is because
sexual
relations with a nidah is punished by kares while sexual relations with
a
non-Jew is only a violation of a negative commandment of the Torah
which is not
punished by kares. The truth is not this way. Rambam (Hilchos Issurei
Bi’ah
12:7-8) states that even though sexual relations with a non-Jewish
maidservant
is only a rabbinic prohibition he rules that, “this sin even though it
is not
punished by capital punishment from the court should not be viewed
lightly.
That is because there is a loss associated with sexual relations with a
non‑Jew
which you don’t find in the violation of all the other prohibited
sexual
relations. That loss is that the son from the other prohibited sexual
relations
is still his son in every respect and is considered a Jew. That is true
even if
the child is a mamzer. In contrast the son from a non‑Jewish woman is
not his
son…. This sexual relationship with a non-Jewish woman will cause him
to turn
away from G-d and to attach himself to non-Jews. - from whom G-d has
deliberately separated us so that we can be close to G-d... “ It is
clear from
this that the person should chose the relationship with the Jewish
woman even
though she doesn’t observe the laws of family purity.</span></font></div>
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