tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post6237736722587760357..comments2023-11-12T20:59:55.490-05:00Comments on Building a Jewish Life: Newsflash: Conversion Is Permanent!Kochavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-88217633975238502282012-08-15T08:17:52.663-04:002012-08-15T08:17:52.663-04:00This fascinating article on Jewish conversion is a...This fascinating article on Jewish conversion is a must read - http://www.torahlab.org/community/article/the_torahs_approach_to_conversion/Joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-10383298684900483502012-08-09T15:15:19.794-04:002012-08-09T15:15:19.794-04:00No, you're wrong. Read Rambam, who says that e...No, you're wrong. Read Rambam, who says that even when the convert was insincere upon conversion, it is still valid bedi`avad. OP is right (except regarding equating joining liberal movements of Judaism with becoming a Wiccan), it's permanent. This especially means that there is no right to annul the Jewish status of their children and grandchildren. (Yes, that really happened.)B.BarNavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07860632239759681393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-68610958088925914262012-07-27T18:28:28.832-04:002012-07-27T18:28:28.832-04:00Sarah, conversion is permanent. The fact that a p...Sarah, conversion is permanent. The fact that a person does not appear to have taken the obligation to follow the mitzvos seriously does not automatically render a conversion void --even if this happens during the first year after conversion. Such behaviour serves only as evidence that the person MIGHT not have really intended to convert AT THE TIME of the purported conversion. There could be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-2508957368854029822012-03-04T14:21:35.235-05:002012-03-04T14:21:35.235-05:00The Rabbi who converted me said that a ger either ...The Rabbi who converted me said that a ger either makes the Jews look bad, because she is overly frum, or she makes the Jews look bad because she is not keeping Torah and mitzvos. Either way, a ger is unlike a FFB because he/she has to take an oath to accept the yoke of Torah and mitzvos before being accepted into the geyrus.Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-81963710603133674142012-03-04T14:19:33.865-05:002012-03-04T14:19:33.865-05:00Conversion is not permanent. If during the first y...Conversion is not permanent. If during the first year, the ger/geyores is not taking on the yoke of mitzvos, then his/her conversion is null and void.Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-58153531544422486022011-07-13T21:55:15.052-04:002011-07-13T21:55:15.052-04:00The Curmudgeonly Israeli Giyoret says:
I never as...The Curmudgeonly Israeli Giyoret says:<br /><br />I never assumed it would be anything BUT permanent. Admittedly, that kind of thing has always drawn me--eternal loyalty in a quest to the death. Abraham Avinu meets "Braveheart".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com