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from where do we derive that her offspring is like her? The Talmud answers: As the verse states with regard to a Hebrew slave who marries a Canaanite female slave: “The wife and her children shall be her master’s” (Exodus 21:4). This indicates that the offspring of a Canaanite female slave and a He
§ The Talmud asks: From where do we derive that betrothal with a non-Jew woman is ineffective? The verse states: “Neither shall you make marriages with them” (Deuteronomy 7:3), which teaches that marrying non-Jew women is halakhically meaningless. The Talmud asks: We have found that betrothal is ine
R' Yoḥanan says in the name of R' Shimon ben Yoḥai: As the verse states with regard to the same issue: “Your daughter you shall not give to his son…for he will turn away your son from following Me” (Deuteronomy 7:3–4). Since the verse is concerned that after one’s daughter marries a non-Jew, the fat
Ravina said: Learn from it that the son of your daughter, born to a non-Jew, is called your son in all regards. The Talmud asks: Shall we say that Ravina holds that with regard to a non-Jew or a Canaanite slave who had sex with a Jewish woman, the offspring is a mamzer? One can infer from the fact
The Talmud rejects this suggestion: Although he is not a fit offspring, he is also not a mamzer. Rather, he is merely called disqualified. Since betrothal is inapplicable to a non-Jew, a non-Jew is not included in the category of someone with whom a Jewish woman cannot personally join in betrothal