Jewish on Yik Yak | Being Jewish always confuses me because why are my step siblings who r 5% Jewish but it’s all through a matrimonial line more Jewish then me who’s 50% Jewish, has a Jewish last name and was raised culturally Jewish but because it’s all from my dad I’m not

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Being Jewish always confuses me because why are my step siblings who r 5% Jewish but it’s all through a matrimonial line more Jewish then me who’s 50% Jewish, has a Jewish last name and was raised culturally Jewish but because it’s all from my dad I’m not

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Anonymous 1w

Matrilineal descent dates back to a time when the only way to 100% confirm descent is from the mother. A child’s maternal linkage can’t be questioned unlike their paternal lineage.

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Anonymous 6d

What’s the deal with the percentages? You’re either Jewish or you’re not

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Anonymous

#1 1w

So why do we still hold the tradition?

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Anonymous

OP 1w

Dawg we practice a 3500 year old religion. We are kind of all about upholding tradition…

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Anonymous

#1 6d

That’s a secular explanation and not the rabbinical ruling.

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