Rabbi Kalman Packouz #fundie preventintermarriage.com

If you believe that there is even a remote possibility that there is a God Who gave us the Torah and that there is reward and punishment for our actions in this world, you should reconsider intermarriage. This understanding of eternal consequences for our decisions and behavior is a very basic Jewish belief going back to the beginning of our people.

Intermarriage is an extremely serious violation of the Torah. In one sense, it is the ultimate violation - all future generations born to a non-Jewish mother will not be Jewish and will be cut off from our heritage.

If the mother is Jewish and the father is not, there is a great likelihood that the child - Jewish by birthright - will not receive a Torah education and will lead a life devoid of Torah, a life filled with inadvertent violations of the Torah.

Recent studies show that a very small percentage of such children are being raised according to any definition of being Jewish. The intermarried person is causing this tragedy.

Putting romantic notions aside, it is not worth the punishment and loss of reward in the World to Come because of intermarriage - especially since you can find all the qualities you seek in a Jewish spouse - if you try.

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