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Jew raised outside Judaism ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Tinok shenishba ( Hebrew : תִּינוֹק שֶׁנִשְׁבָּה , romanized : tinoq šenišbā , lit. ' captured infant ' ) is a term that refers to a Jew who sins as a result of having been raised without sufficient knowledge and understanding of Judaism . The term originates from a theoretical discussion in the Talmud regarding a Jew who was kidnapped by Gentiles as an infant and therefore sinned inadvertently for lack of halakhic knowledge. In contemporary Orthodox Judaism , its status is widely applied to unaffiliated Jews or Jews educated in modern Jewish denominations.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Tinok shenishba (Hebrew: תינוק שנשבה, literally, "captured infant") is a Talmudical term that refers to an individual who sins inadvertently as a result of having been raised without an appreciation for the rules of Judaism.
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Tinok shenishba (Hebrew: תינוק שנשבה, literally, "captured infant") is a Talmudical term that refers to a Jewish individual who sins inadvertently as a result of having been raised without an appreciation for the thought and practices of Judaism.Its status is widely applied in contemporary Orthodox Judaism to unaffiliated Jews today.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
A Jew who sins inadvertently as a result of having been raised without an appreciation for the thought and practices of Judaism Tinok shenishba (Hebrew: תינוק שנשבה, literally, "captured infant") is a talmudical term that refers to a Jew who sins inadvertently as a result of having been raised without an appreciation for the thought and practices of Judaism . Its status is widely applied in contemporary Orthodox Judaism to unaffiliated Jews today.
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Jew raised outside Judaism Tinok shenishba (Hebrew: תינוק שנשבה, literally, "captured infant") is a term that refers to a Jew who sins as a result of having been raised without sufficient knowledge and understanding of Judaism .The term originates from a theoretical discussion in the Talmud regarding a Jew who was kidnapped by Gentiles as an infant and therefore sins inadvertently, for lack of halakhic knowledge.In contemporary Orthodox Judaism , its status is widely applied to unaffiliated Jews or Jews who were educated in modern Jewish denominations.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “talmudical term that refers to an individual who sins inadvertently as a result of having been raised without a”. Today it says “term that refers to jews who sin as a result of having been raised without sufficient knowledge and understandi”. Read the current article and compare.
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talmudical term that refers to an individual who sins inadvertently as a result of having been raised without a
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term that refers to jews who sin as a result of having been raised without sufficient knowledge and understandi
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