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If Hashem is opposed to Jewish interfaith marriage, why are there so-called โ€œhalf-Jewish people?โ€ It doesnโ€™t make sense that God would make it possible for a Jew to be capable of impregnating a non-Jew or vice versa.
Answer
Your question could be asked as well, why didnโ€™t God make Jews in a way that they immediately vomit any pig, or why did God make it physically possible for Jews or gentiles to have physical relations with animals, or why doesnโ€™t lightning strike down anyone who transgresses a mitzva?! The answer is that life must be full of do-able (!) challenges in order for us to have free-will, and receive the pleasure of succeeding at those challenges, as well as the Godly feeling of independence. In addition, there is no such thing as "half- Jewish". If one's mother is Jewish he is 100% Jewish, and if not, he is 100% gentile.
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