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**plogypeskelry** · 09-13-2010, 05:49 PM

A person can be considered a Jew several ways. According to Rabbinic law as codified in the Talmud anyone born of a Jewish mother is a Jew, no matter the paternal lineage. A Jew can also be someone with no Jewish ethnic heritage who converts to Judaism and/or self identifies as a Jew by following the laws and customs. A person can also be ethnically descended from Jews yet follow not a whit of Judaism, such as being a practising Christian or Muslim, or more commonly, an Atheist.

BS, the paternal lineage does count, even for the most crazed rabbanim.
In comparison, many matrilineals get sued because, even if they are considered Jewish, they lack the tribal component which is defined by the patrilineal lineage:
In a sense, they are considered as mere mamzerim.

On the other hand, why only mention rabbani hala5ah? What about Qarai, Kaifeng or Juhuri hala5ot?

Last but not least, converts (to Yahadut rabbanit) don't really get to be considered Jewish.

09-13-2010, 05:49 PM	#16
plogypeskelry Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 355 Senior Member	A person can be considered a Jew several ways. According to Rabbinic law as codified in the Talmud anyone born of a Jewish mother is a Jew, no matter the paternal lineage. A Jew can also be someone with no Jewish ethnic heritage who converts to Judaism and/or self identifies as a Jew by following the laws and customs. A person can also be ethnically descended from Jews yet follow not a whit of Judaism, such as being a practising Christian or Muslim, or more commonly, an Atheist. BS, the paternal lineage does count, even for the most crazed rabbanim. In comparison, many matrilineals get sued because, even if they are considered Jewish, they lack the tribal component which is defined by the patrilineal lineage: In a sense, they are considered as mere mamzerim. On the other hand, why only mention rabbani hala5ah? What about Qarai, Kaifeng or Juhuri hala5ot? Last but not least, converts (to Yahadut rabbanit) don't really get to be considered Jewish.
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