Wednesday, July 19, 2017

halacha - What is the prohibition of intermarriage?


The Gemara says that there's no kiddushin between a Jew and a non-Jew (the marriage is not effective), yet the only way to violate the prohibition of intermarriage is through marriage (at least for those who thing Yi Avid Mahane. Sexual intercourse on itself is not marriage, may be only a rabbinic prohibition)! So what specific action is forbidden?




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