I’m going to convert in the Reform tradition of Judaism. I do practice some mitzvos but not all. I give them a try if I can but I make the decision after a...
Maya, These were my questions also but I didn't know how to ask them without being confrontational. I think you asked them well. I agree that there is little...
Maya, Melanie, and Angela: Speaking as the moderator for Proselyte Central, our place in this group is not to judge how people are going about their journey ...
Dear Angela, Your history-life is very strong.I am very emotion. If I live close you.I should can help you in shabat at home, but I live very far...here...
Dear All, I was not about to judge Angela. Who am I to do it? I was and am trying to understand the reason why someone wants to became a jewish, but not...
Dear Maya and all others, There are literally hundreds of thousands of non-Jews who are considering Judaism for various reasons. In doing so, they are ...
Dear All, I had a conservative conversion, and I was thought, that keeping the mitcvos are the most important thing in judaism.As by the mityvos you are...
Another thing I forgot to mention is that my husband is Tlingit and Athabascan Indian and white; I am of tribes in the lower 48. Traditional diet and food...
In the more than ten years I have been involved with conversion issues, I have heard dozens of different situations that have brought people to Judaism. While...
I posted before reading what you were able to put more succinctly than I did. Orthodox conversions have the key advantage of being accepted by the most people...
I apologize to Angela and anyone else who felt my post was berating. It was not written with that intention. I was only curious why someone would want to go...
I understand that there are different ways of how people understand the meaning of the mitzvos, and how people follow them. I did read, that Angela wont be...
There are some mitzvos that may cause bodily harm or death when a person is fragile/disabled. Fasting is one. Fasting can put a diabetic in a coma or cause...
I'm not sure what prompted this, however I have one correction. Mrs. Hansen stated that "There is provision that if there is harm that may be incurred then...
Dear Angela, If someone has diabetes should not fast. Nothing should be done if it is risking someone's life. Sabbath can be breaken if there is an emergancy...
Thanks. We do eat kosher style on Shabbat. Dinner is usually fish (salmon or hooligan which is related to Herring). This way we can use dairy without breaking...
I have to comment. I was also taught that one must consult their rav about not performing a mitzvah. The rav, who has studied more and knows more, can then...
Good morning! My name is Chanah Batyah and I am a new member here. I completed my conversion to Orthodox Judaism through our local Lubavitch Chabad center...
I was under the belief that Judaism is a religion of understanding and tolerance. I am not seeing this in this group. If there will be no understanding of...
Angela, I fully understand your disabilities and empathise with you. However, you are choosing this path. If a Jew is impoverished and BORN into it,...
Dear, dear, dear, I think you misunderstand entirely. Having read most of the posts people have sent in response to what you wrote, I do not see intolerance....
All of us should remember our own stumbling blocks thrust into our paths as each of us went (or is going through) the "process" (for lack of a better word)....
I agree with Chanah, in a way. However, I do think that if Angela wishes to become a Jew, she must and can only try to do her very best. However, Judaism...
In my opinion there should not be any religion that is too good for the poor. I respect the fact that the sect that I am reaching for, Reform, is not...
Many factors I do not tell because they were used against me before such as some health matters. Its just good to know that some other factors may be out there...
I am afraid you may have misunderstood me when I used the word "afford". I meant that one should be willing to perform all of the mitzvot. I used afford...
Thank you for your opinion. I will be converting Reform. While kosher is practiced by some, it certainly isn't by all and I have never found anyone of the...
the topic is "off topic" and not completely important. [It was regarding women and aliyot to the Torah. This well-known modern Orthodox rabbi acknowledged that...
Only five weeks left before Rosh Hashanah. I would suggest that members who are planning to attend services check with their synagogues as per purchase of...
