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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Not having a brit seems clearly to
be worse than chillul Shabbat, at least in some ways. It's one of only
two mitzvot asei whose non-performance carries a chiyuv kareit. Both
are associated with the basic formation of our national identity in a
way that few, if any, other mitzvot do.</font></font><br>
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As far as refusing to allow a mesarev brit milah to marry another
Jew... the person himself is certainly still Jewish. Otherwise, it
wouldn't be a transgression for him to refuse the brit. And
disallowing his marriage to another Jew would also be a tacit
encouragement for him to marry a non-Jew, which is itself forbidden.
Though I can see a rav doing so in certain cases.<br>
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And there's always the potential for teshuva. Perhaps he'll change his
mind. Perhaps his wife will change his mind.<br>
<br>
Lisa<br>
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On 10/4/2013 4:05 AM, Eli Turkel wrote:
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cite="mid:CAGDtJ1FAQBF3mBs7CGX6S4XoyHQbQZORr5xVPTHDPS1vNcHiGQ@mail.gmail.com"
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<div dir="ltr"><span
style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(got this
question in Israel so I dropped the US -)</span><br
style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I was
asked this morning if na Jew whose parents and later himeself</span><br
style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">consciously
did </span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">not
have a brit milah was Jewish and could marry a Jew.</span><br
style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Halachically
I only know about korban Pesach. However, obviously in his</span><br
style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mind
there was a serious question.</span>
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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">My gut reaction was that not
having a brit is not worse than chillul shabbat but would like to hear
possible other opinions. (The questioneer felt that since milah is a
brit it might have more implications)<br clear="all">
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099"
face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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