tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post8475077515962426936..comments2023-11-12T20:59:55.490-05:00Comments on Building a Jewish Life: UPDATED: When Can a Conversion Candidate Begin Wearing Jewish "Things"?Kochavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-82958412031915254432015-05-03T14:02:11.219-04:002015-05-03T14:02:11.219-04:00Thanks for the post and thanks for the blog also! ...Thanks for the post and thanks for the blog also! It gives me good inspiration to start my own blog like this one. I'll follow you on FB. Thanks! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876807266968099391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-23058559792150548942015-03-18T10:09:13.197-04:002015-03-18T10:09:13.197-04:00I am doing reform (continental Europe) conversion ...I am doing reform (continental Europe) conversion and my rabbi´s decision is as follows: until the conversion, I can use talit and tefilin only at home when davening alone-not to mislead anybody that I am Jewish, and from the same reason I am not allowed to affix mezuzah. I think this is good solution, because as You mentioned that You were comparing Your talit with somebody else´s talit in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-90885247832626300752014-03-24T22:25:24.864-04:002014-03-24T22:25:24.864-04:00Yes, thank you. My ancestors were once Jewish, cam...Yes, thank you. My ancestors were once Jewish, came to U.S. after all kinds of persecution. I am bringing it back to the family. This is most informative. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03951441322483936494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-38113103737789677972013-11-30T01:01:31.110-05:002013-11-30T01:01:31.110-05:00I like this post, Thank you for sharing such an im...I like this post, Thank you for sharing such an impressive blog.<br /><a href="http://www.ahuva.com/jewish-gifts/pc/Judaica-c42.htm" rel="nofollow">Judaica</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10578500130285778979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-2634684524341661232012-07-27T00:35:30.505-04:002012-07-27T00:35:30.505-04:00In response to Schvach and Orli...I live in a 95% ...In response to Schvach and Orli...I live in a 95% frum city. A few years ago, lo and behold, a woman in the neighborhood decided to start wearing a hijab. She had somehow found a fringe rabbi in Yerushalyim who approved of the idea. The local mara d'asro told me wearing a hijab is the very opposite of tzenius because it attracts attention. (Personally, I find my eyes drawn to the handful of Ben of Ben's Tallit Shophttp://tzitzit.tallit-shop.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-18500972983210875322011-03-14T18:00:12.822-04:002011-03-14T18:00:12.822-04:00In response to Schvach...can anyone else elaborate...In response to Schvach...can anyone else elaborate on this comment about hijab and how it is viewed in our community? I have not encountered Jews who wear hijab but I like the idea, I have never been a huge fan of tichels.Orlinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-31005386081999537992011-02-20T17:17:13.316-05:002011-02-20T17:17:13.316-05:00What's your view on frumettes (married)wearing...What's your view on frumettes (married)wearing a hijab rather than a sheitel or teichel? I'm very partial to the 'hijab look' even though it's not in the least Jewish.Schvachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052885350566210171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-11490747104903438692011-02-10T15:17:09.105-05:002011-02-10T15:17:09.105-05:00Just thinking aloud?
I never understood the &quo...Just thinking aloud? <br /><br />I never understood the "wait till married" talit Minhag. What if you are divorced?<br /><br />Also, what if one was converted say Conservative. Are Jewish in practice, feel Jewish, would be Jewish in all Non-orthodox Shuls and then wants to Daven in a Ortho Shul or want a orthodox-conversion. What happens then? Should, could one were talit, tefillan, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-54922889142831874512011-02-10T14:18:31.758-05:002011-02-10T14:18:31.758-05:00I meant tallis and wrote tzitzis. Sorry!I meant tallis and wrote tzitzis. Sorry!CrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-11833549294196138122011-02-10T14:10:54.627-05:002011-02-10T14:10:54.627-05:00As a general comment: I'll update the tzitzis ...As a general comment: I'll update the tzitzis section!<br /><br />Hahah, Anonymous, well said! I'm generally only been to Eastern European Ashkenazi congregations, so that would explain why I've never seen it before marriage! <br /><br />AJ, I actually didn't wear one because, as I wrote, I saw how that mitzvah would actually bring out some of my negative qualities because I wouldCrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-58146445530492629832011-02-10T12:26:52.752-05:002011-02-10T12:26:52.752-05:00I was taught that converts should not wear tzitzit...I was taught that converts should not wear tzitzit until after they convert, though I don't remember the reasoning. The same would go for a tallit gadol. That said, you're incorrect about who wears a tallit gadol. In Eastern Europe, it was traditional for men to not wear a tallit gadol until marriage, whereas in Germany and Sepharic communities, men wore tallitot g'dolot beginning at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-18949041308877877422011-02-10T10:58:42.255-05:002011-02-10T10:58:42.255-05:00I know you mentioned you wore a tallis when you at...I know you mentioned you wore a tallis when you attended a conservative synagogue. Why did you wear one when you were single? Do all people in conservative synagogues wear a tallis, regardless of marital status?AJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-42370816507693655952011-02-10T10:05:14.154-05:002011-02-10T10:05:14.154-05:00Some have the minhag to wear a tallis at bar mitzv...Some have the minhag to wear a tallis at bar mitzvah age, specifically yekkes. Doesn't necessarily help for a convert, but as converts do often get to decide their own minhagim, this could be something one decides. However, I would imagine it wouldn't be something you'd wear until post conversion.Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346629911135742919noreply@blogger.com