Any woman who does not have matrimony, not on it and not on others, the offspring is like her. And which one is it? The offspring of a handmaid and a foreigner. How do we know about a Canaanite handmaid? Rav Huna said, “Kara said, ‘Sit here with the donkey,’ with he who is like a donkey,” meaning that matrimony does not apply. “Her offspring is like her,” as Kara said, “The woman and her children will be to her master.”

How do we know about a foreigner? Kara said, “You will not marry with them,” meaning that matrimony does not apply. How do we know that her offspring is like her? Rabbi Yochanan said in the name of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, as Kara said, “For they will turn your sons away from following Me.” Your son who comes from an Israelite is considered your son, and your son who comes from an idol-worshipper is not considered your son, but her son (Kidushin 68).

In the work, “matrimony” means a man who is rewarded with Kedusha [holiness]. An “offspring” is understandings that help the work. An “Israelite” is the Shechina [Divinity], a “handmaid” and a “foreigner” are the Sitra Achra [other side], called “the Klipa [shell/peel] of a donkey,” meaning a “handmaid,” and the Klipa of an ox is called a “foreigner.”