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The Shiloh’s Aruch states that the female child of two converts may not marry a kohen. But that if the child has one side Israel they may marry a kohen, what are the limits of this. What if one or both of the parents that are converts have a born Jewish father. So the female child would have a single or two born Jewish grandparents. Would that permit the marriage?
Answer
ב"ה Shalom As I have written in previous answers to questions of this nature, The law stipulated in the Shulchan Aruch is based upon the interpretation the Talmud (Kiddushin 78a) and codified in the Rambam (הלכות אסו"ב יט:יב) that the marriage restriction of a Cohen to a convert is only in a case where both parents are converts. As known, the Torah gave special laws to whom a Cohen may marry in order to preserve his special status. There is an opinion in the Talmud which holds that a Cohen may not even marry the child of a union in which even one parent is a convert. However, that opinion was not accepted. The accepted opinion is that if one parent is born Jewish and the spouse is a convert, than a Cohen may marry the child born of that union. As far as the child of the convert parents , having one or even two Jewish grandfathers , t has no bearing on allowing the convert's female child to marry the Cohen. Once the convert goes through conversion ,from the Halachic standpoint, he no longer considered to have descended from his biological father. As in all these cases, I always suggest, if this is a practical issue, your local Rabbi should be consulted and be given all relevant details. All the best
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