uword asked:
If a woman becomes a Chalalah (she is a child born to a Kohen married to a divorced woman) who can she marry? Is she still a Jew and completely part of Klal Yisrael?
uword, USA
The Kollel replies:
Sholom Rav
Anybody whose mother is a Jew is a Jew, a full-fledged Jew to boot. Our sages say that a Mamzer (the product of a forbidden marriage who
status-wise is on a lower level than a Chalal) who is a Torah-scholar is greater than
Kohen Gadolwho is an Am ha'Aretz (an ignoramus). She can marry anyone except for a Kohen.
be'Virchas Kol Tuv.
Eliezer Chrysler.