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White Israelite:
Defining who is a Jew is done by the mother, if the mothers Jewish and the fathers no Jewish, the child is still Jewish because the mother is.

But if the mother is a Goyium and the father is Jewish, the child is not Jewish unless the mother converts.

Why is this?

Wasn't it originally the child was Jewish if the father was Jewish? Why did this change if so? Does G-ds word change?

jdl4ever:
It didn't change.  The Torah over there was talking about tribal lineage.  Tribal lineage goes after the father.  So if your mother was from the tribe of Benyamin and your father was from the tribe of Judea, you'd be considered from the tribe of Judea.  Jewish lineage goes after the mother though. 

Wayne Jude:
OK

jdl4ever:
They'd be Jewish but without a tribe.  There was a separate area of the Land of Israel that was reserved for converts who by definition don't belong to a tribe.   The rest of Israel was divided into tribal areas.  At least that's what I learned.

White Israelite:

--- Quote from: jdl4ever on October 30, 2007, 09:58:29 PM ---They'd be Jewish but without a tribe.  There was a separate area of the Land of Israel that was reserved for converts who by definition don't belong to a tribe.   The rest of Israel was divided into tribal areas.  At least that's what I learned.

--- End quote ---

What about those with a Goy mother and a Jewish father?

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