<div dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Shalom :)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">My father and non Jewish step mom just had a baby girl on Friday. This is</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">his second non Jewish child from two different women. What is the status of</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">non-Jewish children born with Jewish fathers? Is there a different or</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">easier geirus for them if they decide to convert? Are they given a choice</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">at a certain age to simply be Jewish? Should we actively try to sway them</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">towards Judaism? My father had a bris for my non Jewish half brother</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">(details unknown, but I believe done by chabad rabbi). Would he require</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">chatafas dam if he decides to be Jewish?</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">May all klal yisroel experience only (yiddeshe) simcha and bracha,</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Daniel Bukingolts</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
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