Halachot and Customs
Jewish Mother, Non-Jewish Father, Jewish Child?
Question
I had a very complicated conversation about this. It is known that assimilation is a very serious matter in itself, but is every child born to a Jewish mother necessarily Jewish? A Hashemly soul. Even if the father is a non-Jew - Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Arab, Japanese, Chinese, etc. And if so, does that not somewhat contradict the issue of not assimilating? On the contrary, to increase the Jewish people and for Judaism to reach every place. In my view, as a general rule I am against assimilation, and in favor of Judaism and the ways of the Torah reaching the whole world. I looked for several sources and halachic rulings on this matter, but so far there is much confusion and a need to clarify or properly understand the answers I found. I would appreciate a detailed answer and sources. I wanted to answer someone about this matter and explain why not to continue the relationship with the non-Jew, or explain it to her mother.
Answer
Hello and blessings,
The matter is indeed broad, and we will try to answer briefly from several different angles.
A. The reason for the prohibition explained in the Torah according to the straightforward meaning is that the Creator forbade marrying a non-Jew, out of concern that the son and daughter will follow the father, worship other gods, and lose their faith.
B. According to the hidden dimension of the Torah, a non-Jew has no connection to a Jewish woman, and there is no bond between these two souls. The shared life of a Jewish couple is a deep and pure spiritual bond that creates lofty unifications in the heavens, and a connection between these two opposing souls causes a short circuit, causes the flow of abundance to descend in an improper way, and joins good with evil.
Wishing you great success, may you be blessed from Above,
Benjamin Shmueli
