While I don't know about the halacha with regard to parents, a couple months ago, I asked a Conservative rabbi (via internet) how I should mourn when my ...
>>But he only advises not to all mourning practices 100% so that noboday thinks you are a born-Jew and wants to introduce you to a cohen and such ...
As a convert is not allowed to marry a Cohen, doing all mourning practices could lead a Cohen to the act asking for marriage. That's the reason M. Lamm ...
yeah but the whole message seems a little off to me. I have never heard of such a thing. So it would be like saying "oh this person is mourning the death of...
I just cited an argumentation. If someone asks you for marriage while you are mourning I have no idea.But there are certain leniencies in Halacha about a man...
Depends on who died? Or much affected you were with the dead? And in which part of the mourning practice? And for long you have known the guy.<br>As I said my...
It is not a matter of Cohens not being able to mary non-Cohens but that Cohens are not allowed to marry converts or divorcees. The children of converts are...
One of the major reasons I chose Reform Judaism as my spiritual home is because there is a push to study the mitzvot and customs and then make an educated ...
Update:<br><br>My father is now at home, hooked up to an oxygen tank and "doped up" on all kinds of drugs. The hospice nurse is supposed to come today. My ...
I've been reading the past few posts and have a question.......<br><br>So the law requires one to mourn the passing of a (Jewish) family member, but not, let...
Jewish mourning rituals are specifically prescribed for family (and only certain members, limited to parents, spouse, children, and siblings). For anyone else,...
If the friend is Jewish you can at least the family in shivah services at their home as well as attend the unveiling. Those are ways of honoring those we love,...
My impression is that there are 7 relationships you are required to mourn for (mother, father, sister, brother, husband, wife, and child) with shloshim, shiva,...
I only have a couple more months before I am scheduled to go before the Bet Din and I am already starting to get nervous.<br><br>For those who have gone ...
My Bet Din was very warm and supportive. I sat with my Rabbi and the Rabbinic Intern that I had studied with. Previously, my Rabbi had directed me to choose...
I am not a US person but my wife was converted both the Beth Din in the UK and 7 years later she was converted by the highest of the highs, Israel Beth Din! ...
I am so sorry to hear about your Dad.<br><br>My Mother passed two weeks ago. I could see that the way the funeral went was what Mother would have wanted. When...
The UK conversion was through a reform Rabbi who we met at a seminar and was actually a New Yorker! He was excellent and so welcoming. So were everybody else...
Thanks for that :-)<br>I am in the UK and have been involved with my local reform community. I haven't begun the conversion process formally as I am thinking I...
Kittymor is in the UK working but is a French citizen. She has been attempting an O conversion for years. I'm not sure where she is on it. She had about ...
Thanks for the update. I had just gotten the limited access email the other day but wasn't sure why. That explains a lot!! I think it's great that she took...
I converted to orthodox conversion about 15 yrs ago ang am currently living in a small town in ks and now I have no community or resources to help me or rely...
I have a question that probably has a very simple answer, but I don't know what it is so I thought I'd ask it here. How does one light the Havdalah candle? I'm...
Chalomi and other interested chaverim (friends):<br><br>Shabbat is over when one can see at least three stars in the night sky on Saturday. At that point, one...
