Complete Gentile

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Complete Gentile

Complete Gentile

A gentile who has no familial connection to Judaism, whose father is also a gentile. By analogy: a term for a Jew lacking connection to Judaism ("complete" meaning absolute).

("A woman from Israel who converted, her father inherited her. And even if her father is a complete gentile, how much more so we who are converts and gentiles who inherited their father." - Responsa of the Geonim, Heirlooms, section 191)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גּוֹי גָּמוּר

Definition (Hebrew)

גּוֹי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ כָּל זִקָּה מִשְׁפַּחְתִּית לַיַּהֲדוּת, שֶׁגַּם אָבִיו גּוֹי. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: כִּנּוּי לִיהוּדִי חֲסַר זִקָּה לַיַּהֲדוּת (גָּמוּר מַשְׁמָע לַחֲלוּטִין).

("אִשָּׁה בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנִּשְׁתַּמֵּד אָבִיהָ יוֹרַשְׁתּוֹ אוֹתוֹ. וַאֲפִלּוּ אָבִיהָ גּוֹי גָּמוּר כַּמָּה שֶׁשְּׁנֵינוּ גֵּר וְגוֹי שֶׁיָּרַשׁ אֶת אֲבִיהֶם"- תְּשׁוּבוֹת הַגְּאוֹנִים, הֶרְכֵּבֵי סִימָן תקמא)

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