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Question
The writer of the question did not specify whether his mother was born Jewish. Wouldnt that affect your answer?
Thank you
Answer
Everyone knows that the main decisive issue is, as you wrote, the mother. But as I wrote, there are some issues where if that's not the case, and the questioner underwent proper conversion, nevertheless, there is some significance in the fact that his father was Jewish.

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