Intermarriage in our time
Hello Rabbi, the Rabbi writes many times that the Gentiles of the present day should be treated differently than those of the time of Chazal. Among other things, the Rabbi relies on the opinion of the Meiri that the Gentiles of today are not defined at all as worshipers of the Law.
In Daf Yomi we learned not long ago that “they decreed upon their fat and their fattened calves because of their wine, and upon their wine because of their daughters, and upon their daughters because of something else,” the same thing is later said in the continuation of the verse, which is עז.
So, are any of the above decrees actually no longer needed today?
These decrees remain in force. The Meiri himself writes that everything that is forbidden because of marriage remains in force because the prohibition of marriage remains in force. And what is forbidden because of sin is also forbidden because the Meiri also says that they are awazi, but they are bound by manners (=humanely speaking). Although today most gentiles are not awazi, a simple sin prohibition is also said about someone who is not awazi, such as a Jew who publicly violates Shabbat.
See here: https://mikyab.net/%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9D-%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%95%D7% 93%D7%94-%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%A2%D7%9 C-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%97%D7%A1-%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%95/
But that is precisely the question, why does the prohibition of marriage remain in place? If the fear is because of the AZ, the fear no longer exists.
The prohibition of marriage is not due to fear of the tzaddik. No rabbinic authority writes that there is no prohibition against non-Jews who do not practice tzaddik. On the contrary, it is quite clear that there is.
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