<div dir="ltr"><<> He further speculated that when Esther's son became king there<br>
> was a Jewish King over the land of Israel which affected some<br>
> halachot. When Esther dies Darius lost all contact with Jews and<br>
> could no longer be considered a Jewish king.<br>
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Why would "contact with Jews" be a criterion for the definition of
"Jewish king"? I would expect the definition to be either
genetic/conversion-based (in which case he would be a Jewish king even
after he lost contact with the Jews), or it would also be dependent on
Shmiras Hamitzvos, like when we define Jewishness for wine, or minyan,
or many other situations (in which case his status would be unchanged
before and after Esther's death, unless he actually converted out).>><br><br>RHS assumes that the definition of a Jewish King involves some connection to yiddishkeit. It is not the same<br>as other halachot which only depend on genetics.<br>
<br>Interestingly it seems that when Prince William of Britain married Kate Middleton, that her mother's family was Jewish<br>and so their son and possible future king of the United Kingdom would be halachically Jewish. RHS would hold<br>
that nevertheless he would not be considered a Jewish king.<br clear="all">-- <br>Eli Turkel<br>
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