But four halakhic authorities ruled otherwise in a similar case – when the convert was the son of a convert. They ruled that in such a case, the son may refer to himself as “ploni the son of his father” instead of “ben Avraham Avinu”. (Rabbi Ouziel; Rabbi Felder in both of his books; Rabbi Lamm; Rabbi Walter Jacob).
Ten years later, after studying Christian and Jewish theology in university, Smith considered converting to Judaism. He contacted an Orthodox rabbi, who struck him as too stringent, and a Reform The Story of Eastern Europe’s Most Famous Convert to Judaism May Not Be a Myth. In the Great Synagogue of Vilna before World War II, on the second day of the holiday of Shavuot, the congregation would recite a prayer in honor of Count Walentyn Potocki, a nobleman who, according to local legend, had converted to Judaism and was burned at the Khazars was far more significant for Jewish readers. The story reached a wider audience when the Jewish thinker and poet Yehudah Halevi used it as a frame for his book The Kuzari. However, little attention was given to the Jewishness of the Khazars in subsequent centuries. Most descriptions of the conversion describe it as the result of reli- Converting to Judaism: Choosing to Be Chosen : Personal Stories. Paperback – January 1, 2000. A rabbi who has helped many converts become Jews shares stories of what it means to be Jewish in the modern era. Original. 25,000 first printing. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.- Ա ուከяηиτи
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