Tag: gerim
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Jewish Life
OTD Geirus Procedures
Halacha states that one must turn away a ger or giyores a few times before we finally open up our arms and embrace them…
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Jewish Life
Off The Derech halachic committee wonders who is really OTD
With the Off The Derech community growing at such a rapid pace, the Rabbonom who set community hashkafa have been unable to keep up.…
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December Dilemmas
Marrying a convert has its pluses: Christmas with the in-laws!
Let's face it, as an FFB I've been deprived of some pretty pivotal moments in life. My father never told me to use protection,…
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Jewish Life
Converting can really be a gut wrenching process
By Eclectric Trixie I left town and spent the last days of Pesach with friends away from my community. I had a blast. I…
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Jewish Life
Stop screwing with the converts already!
It's hard to find an orthodox convert who only converted once, usually they had to do it once or twice before they even discovered…
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Jewish Life
Want to complete your conversion? Then move out of your community!
I’ve been hanging with quite a few folks in the process of converting to Judaism lately and all of them have told me their…
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Jewish Life
I used to be a frum Christian and now I want to convert to Judaism
Heshy, Although I'm not Jewish I've been keeping track of your blog for a while now and it's helped me map out the orthodox…
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Jewish Life
26 Stuff Gerim Like, 17 Items Gerim Don’t Like
I was chilling with my buddy in the East Bay who is converting when I thought of this post. We were talking about the…
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Dating & Marriage
Go for the Ger
I have always been attracted to the other. I am a baal teshuva coming from a secular family, a white alum from a mostly…
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Lag B’Omer, Tu B’Shvat & Friends
Shomer Negiah in the workplace from a converts point of view
Sent to me via email from an anonymous convert - in response to Awkward Shomer Negiah Moments I should explain that I am a…
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Jewish Life
Guest Poster: Funny thoughts about my conversion to Judaism
Received via email from Kay Ariella McKown, who is one of the first people who actually wrote something good when I asked if she…
