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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Warning: </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This is
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A long time ago I saw a psak by Rav Ovadia where he
ruled that they were safek mamzerim. Therefore 1) we can't marry them 2) they
can't marry themselves.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ben</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=harvw613@yahoo.com href="mailto:harvw613@yahoo.com">Harvey Benton</A>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">are the
karaites considered jewish??<BR>i recently was told that R. Moshe<BR>only
considered them jewish le'gabei<BR>saving them from the nazis<BR>i do not know
if this is true, but i was <BR>wondering why would they not be
con-sidered<BR>jewish:http://lists.aishdas.org/listinfo.cgi/avodah-aishdas.org<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>