Re: I am not following this... A little help please....


"DoD" <navydave@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Aug 30, 11:03 am, flav...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On 30-Aug-2007, DoD <navyd...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57374

Becuase they believe they are Jewish and want to be
Jewish, but they are not halachically proven to be Jewish.
There is no evidence of their actually being Jews, other
than their say-so. Granted, this is the same situation
for a lot of Jews, but when a community has been in
isolation for as long as these people obviously has been,
it's better safe than sorry.

Now that makes sense, WRT being in isolation for so long. I just
thought it was curious that these people after all these years still
follow Jewish law, why would anyone question them,
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Because halacha is very black and white, not based on guesswork or
speculation. Halachically speaking, a Jew is a person who is born to a
Jewish women who comes from an unbroken line of Jewish women (or someone who
converts). When two Jews want to marry, they have to present proof that they
are both Jewish or have someone vouch for their Jewishness or come from a
family well known to have been Jewish with no intermarriages (that would
impact their Jewishness) for as many generations as any living person can
remember. When my sister was getting married, my future brother-in-law was
from another city and not known to the rabbi at all. The rabbi asked to see
his bar mitzvah certificate and also phoned the rabbi from his synagogue in
New York City to verify that his parents were halachically Jewish. And this
was routine. To the best of my knowledge, my brother-in-law's grandparents
were all Jews from Russia, and everyone in the family was a born Jew. It's
not as if the rabbi had any reason to suspect that my future brother-in-law
wasn't Jewish. Sometimes, a rabbi will ask to see someone's parents' or
grandparents' ketuba (marriage certificate) if it is available.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.

you would think
after that amount of time they would have adopted Indian customs.

Thanks..

David



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