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| Apr 12, 2013 at 16:25 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | @TamirEvan on the other hand, why wait? | |
| Apr 12, 2013 at 14:21 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | @TamirEvan, it's something I was taught (as part of leadership/outreach/etc training), but I don't know where it comes from. And obviously there are "need to know" exceptions (e.g. marriage involving a kohein), but I understand it to be a general "don't talk about it". Maybe after Shabbat I'll go digging. | |
| Apr 12, 2013 at 14:09 | comment | added | Tamir Evan | @MonicaCellio Definitely "citation needed"( for it being "forbidden ... to ask someone if he's a convert")! I was unaware such a Halakhah exists, and still don't think it does. | |
| Apr 12, 2013 at 13:21 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | @HodofHod, I don't think it's lashon hara, but we are forbidden (citation needed) to ask someone if he's a convert because of "reminding him of his (idolatrous?) past", so I would think that publicly naming a convert as such would be the same problem. (Obviously sometimes it does happen or we wouldn't know about Onkelos, Shemaya, and Avtalyon, but I sure don't know how to decide when it's ok.) | |
| Apr 12, 2013 at 6:59 | comment | added | HodofHod | Hey Naomi, welcome to Mi Yodeya and thanks for this answer! I'm not sure I agree that naming someone as a convert is lashon hara (else surely the Talmud wouldn't have). That being said, I don't think it's necessary either. Either way, welcome, and I hope to see you around the site! | |
| Apr 12, 2013 at 6:51 | history | answered | Naomi E | CC BY-SA 3.0 |