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While a Jew by birth may not marry a mamzer, a convert can. [69] Descendants of converts can become rabbis. For instance, Rabbi Meir Baal Ha Nes is thought to be a descendant of a proselyte. Rabbi Akiva was also a very well-known son of converts. The Talmud lists many of the Jewish nation's greatest individuals who had either descended from or ...
Angela Warnick Buchdahl, American Reform Jewish Rabbi, converted to Orthodox Judaism at age 21. She was not raised within the Buddhist faith; however, her mother is Buddhist so by Orthodox Jewish law she was not considered Jewish, but she was raised Jewish and so by Reform Jewish law she has always been Jewish.
The convert accepts upon themselves the laws, culture, history, and identity of the Jewish people. [19] [20] [21] As such, there is no way to become a Jew without going through a recognized Jewish court. [22] Following the completion of the process, the convert is given several documents which validate the completion of their giyyur (conversion ...
Rabbi Michael Ross A few weeks ago, I was honored to join a “Delegation of Responsibility” tour of Israel. Our delegation was composed of 30 North American Jewish educators sponsored by the ...
The Talmud gives permission to Rabbis to convert a child before the age of consent, based on the principle that ‘‘we can act to someone’s advantage even without their permission’". [12] However, at the age of bar/bat mitzvah, the child has the right to either reaffirm or protest the conversion; [ 4 ] [ 7 ] [ 3 ] and open adoptions are ...
Michael Coogan says that in the Hebrew Bible, there is no prohibition of premarital or extramarital sex for men, except for adultery, i.e. having sex with the wife of another man. [6] A man's sexual history was never an issue (thus no such thing as a virginity requirement for men); [ 7 ] there was no ban on men having sex with unmarried women ...
Abdullah ibn Saba', Rabbi convert to Islam, considered central figure in the configuration of Shia Islam. Abdullah ibn Salam, (550–630) rabbi, converted to Islam and was a companion of Islam's founder, Muhammad; David Abudirham, 14th century rabbi in Seville. Authored the Sefer Abudarham on explanation of Sefardi liturgy and customs ...
Michael Laitman was born in the Belarusian city of Vitebsk, in the former Soviet Union, (nowadays Belarus), in 1946. His followers call him with the honorific title of Rav or Rabbi , even though he has never been formally ordained as a rabbi, and he does not perform religious services.