Jew married to non-Jew can't be buried in Jewish cemetery?

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48156

if s/o marries a nonJew, they can't be burried in a Jewish cemetary?

Posted: Thu, Jan 25 2007, 4:35 pm Post subject: re: Is it true that . . .

I think so, unless they did teshuva. They have taken themselves out of the Jewish people, r"l.

Posted: Thu, Jan 25 2007, 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: Is it true that . . .

Posted: Thu, Jan 25 2007, 5:02 pm Post subject: re: Is it true that . . .

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48156

WOW, REALLY..........

Gold Member Joined: Apr 06 2006 Posts: 1492

Never heard of any such thing and would be interested in hearing sources for such an opinion.

Perhaps this is like the burying shomer Shabbos issue - certain groups of people deciding that they only want to be buried among the "frum"?

I know intermarried Jews are buried in our local Jewish cemetary. The only born Jew that I know who was refused a burial there was a prominent Jew for Yoshke, and there was a community decision that he shouldn't be allowed to be buried there because he not only turned away from Judaism himself, but actively engaged luring other Jews to Yoshke and away from Judaism.

Raisin - I can't understand the possible halachic basis for that rabbis statement. The mother was a Jew, period, regardless of whom she married. We believe that the child of a Jewish mother is a Jew, period. Halacha is binding on Jews, period, regardless of how they happen to identify.

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48156

I tell ya, that's what the rabbi aid in the shiur and all the attendees seeemed to know what he was talking about.

DH knew nothing about it.

Silver Member Joined: Jun 05 2006 Posts: 894

Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2007, 10:16 pm Post subject:

it's a minhag, not a halacha.

Platinum Member Joined: Feb 07 2006 Posts: 5709

I heard the answer is yes because they are still jewish.

I always thought the answer would be no.