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To: Joe 6-pack

That would be “Jesús” and yeah, you’re right. :-D


5 posted on 09/25/2009 6:20:41 AM PDT by Teófilo (Visit Vivificat! - http://www.vivificat.org - A Catholic Blog of News, Commentary and Opinion)
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To: Teófilo

A Jew on a remote south pacific island with no connection to Judaism for 30 years met and fell in love with a non-Jewish woman and decided he wanted to get married. So he contacted (yes, the island has internet and phone service) the nearest rabbi possible and asked him an important question. “Rabbi, I have had no connection to Judaism in 30 years. I met a wonderful woman. We are in love. We are going to get married. I want to do this right in her eyes and I am going to accept upon myself her religion and customs. Please tell me, what is the procedure to terminate my Jewish status? How do I officially cut the cord?” The rabbi replied, “If after 30 years of no connection—no kosher food, no synagogue, no tefilin, no Torah—you still feel like there is a connection to ‘cut,’ then there is nothing that can sever your connection.”

The point is, that for a halachic Jew(ie, per Jewish religious law, a person born of a Jewish mother) the bond can never be severed. So I offer this friendly dogmatic counter-point to your dogmatic point.


15 posted on 09/25/2009 7:02:21 AM PDT by jdlevy95
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