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If there is a city in which both Jews and non-Jews reside, and one found an unidentified, abandoned baby in the city, if there is a majority of non-Jews in the city the baby is deemed a non-Jew; if there is a majority of Jews in the city the baby is deemed a Jew. If half the population is non-Jew a
And Rav said with regard to this Mishnah: The rabbis taught that if there is a majority of Jews in the city the baby is deemed a Jew only with regard to sustaining him; however, with regard to lineage, e.g., marrying him to a Jewish woman, no, he is not deemed a Jew based on the majority and woul
The Talmud answers: Rav Yirmeya overlooked that which Rav Yehuda said that Rav said with regard to the Mishnah: The incident of the rape of the young girl transpired among the wagons in the marketplace of Tzippori, and there were two majorities; the majority of the inhabitants of the city and the m
The Talmud asks: And if the case in the Mishnah is one of two majorities, according to Rav Ḥanan bar Rava who said in the name of Rav: That was a provisional edict issued in exigent circumstances, meaning that two majorities were required in that case but typically one majority is sufficient, it is
§ Apropos the case of the abandoned baby, the Talmud analyzes the matter itself: If there is a city in which both Jews and non-Jews reside, and one found an unidentified, abandoned baby in the city, if there is a majority of non-Jews in the city the baby is deemed a non-Jew. If there is a majority