Why is Jewish identity matrilineal and not patrilineal?

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    E-O-M
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    Does anyone know the mekor for this?

    #954690
    Sam2
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    It’s a 3-way Machlokes Tannaim. I think we assume it’s from the Passuk in Ki Sisa, “V’hiznu Es Banecha Acharei Eloheihem”, that your kids from a Nochri male are considered yours but not from a Nochri female. (By the way, a small but significant chunk of Rishonim there hold that you need two Jewish parents for a kid to be Jewish. However, that Shittah has been completely rejected and is not even used in the Achronim for such important cases as Hataras Agunos.)

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    rebdoniel
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    R’ Bleich’s article sheds light into those who hold that the child of a Jewish mother could require conversion. As late as the 1970s, a Dayan Shlomo Yaluz in Haifa even suggested this.

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    Chortkov
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    In Parshas Emor, by the ????, it says ???? ??? ?????, and ??? explains “???? ???????”. Now – the ???? says clearly that ?? ??? ???????, and ?? ??? ????. The fact that he was ????? would suggest that he was a goy, even though his MOTHER was Jewish and his FATHER wasn’t.

    ??? ??????? ?? learns that ????? ???? ??? ????? and that the child will not be Jewish. ??”? on :?? seems to hold that according to the shita of ???? ?????? ???? ??? ?? ?? ????? ????? ???, the child will not be Jewish. (See ??”? ??????? ?? about ????; seems to be a ????? {although one can be ???? between a ???? ?????? and an ???, because an ??? ??? ?? ????}; see ????? and ???”? there)

    See also ??? ????? ??.

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