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Sinai: A Conversion Primer

By Mendel Rivkin

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Mendel Rivkin
Rabbi Mendel Rivkin is program director at Chabad-Lubavitch of Louisiana.

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Posted: June 19, 2010

Thank You

Thank you for posting this class. It really speaks to my heart. I recently have found out that my conversion that was done when I was only 11 months old was done by a Conservative rabbi. Like you had said in the lesson, I had no control over how things were done when I was a baby and now, at the age of 23 I am dealing with making my conversion halachically acceptable. I have lived the last 23 years thinking I am Jewish, going to a Jewish school from 6th-12th grade and then continuing my Jewish education in college, keeping the mitzvot and now to learn that according to halacha I am not really Jewish is very hard for me. But I keep thinking Hakol Litova
("everything is for the good") and now is a chance for me to make things right and make the decision for myself about who I want to oversee my conversion this time. It was helpful to hear that I am not the only person who has been put in this sort of situation. Thank you.

Posted By Rinat, Tel Aviv, Israel

Posted: May 10, 2010

those that said 'yes'

The 'story' of those that would have wanted to accept the Torah but their angel said 'no' is attributed I believe to the Ger Tzedek (Righteous Convert) of Vilna, Avraham ben Avraham (formerly Count Valentin Potocki) who was martyred in the sanctification of G-d's name on Shavuos in the 18th Century.

Posted By Tamar Tessler

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	Sinai: A Conversion Primer
When Israel stood at Sinai they underwent a transformation which serves as the model for all future conversion. We will examine what they did and how this evolved into the criteria for conversion today.
Topics: Shavuot (83), Conversion (to Judaism); Convert (45)