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Category Archives: Conversion
Spiritual Highs Are Hard To Come By In Judaism
A lot of people want to know what I was feeling when I was converting to Judaism. On that last day as I stood naked in the mikveh and saying the blessings in Hebrew that would officially make me Jewish, … Continue reading
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Conversion Ain’t Easy
I ran into a friend. He’s converting to Orthodox Judaism. It is taking much longer than he expected. “You should expect a couple of years,” I told him. “Is the rabbi testing me?” he asked. “The rabbi says I’m ready … Continue reading
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Should Jews Welcome The Convert Into Their Families?
I believe that 95% of Orthodox Jews were born Orthodox (according to sociologist Steven Cohen). For all the talk about baalei teshuva (returnees), they’re a small proportion of the Orthodox. If my 95% fact is correct, should not Orthodox Jews … Continue reading
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Conversion Before Modern Times
In his second lecture on R. Meir Simcha of Dvinsk for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Chaim Ozer Grodzinski said that even if you acknowledge you have desires and will commit certain sins, that does not … Continue reading
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