Timeline for Conversion to Orthodox Judaism
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| Oct 29, 2015 at 17:13 | comment | added | sabbahillel | @Daniel The news story appears to say that the RCA central organization and Bait Din of America are accepted by the Rabbanut. It does not mention the individual local batei din. This could make a difference. | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 16:41 | comment | added | Noach MiFrankfurt | @Daniel, I have some good friends who are geirim, one of them mentioned that this is now the case over Shabbos and I had heard similar things recently in my regular chol paper (The New York Times) as well as NPR which, while it made some inaccurate statements (namely that the rabbanut was representative of the Chareidi community) mentioned this (I had previously heard it from my rav and others). | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 16:20 | history | edited | sabbahillel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 29, 2015 at 16:12 | comment | added | sabbahillel | @Daniel I said that the Orthodox conversion with a proper bait din ifs thge only correct way. I added the statement about the rabbanut in order to point out that it avoids problems. I will edit the answer to make that clearer. | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 16:02 | comment | added | Daniel | @sabbahillel It might be more convenient to have a conversion that is recognized by the Israeli Rabbanut, but the question is asking about whether a certain way of conversion is the "only true way." I do not think that everybody would agree that the Israeli rabbanut has some magical power that makes conversions invalid if they disagree with it. | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 15:59 | comment | added | Daniel | @NoachmiFrankfurt Your claim does not seem to be correct: rabbis.org/news/article.cfm?id=105787 | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 15:57 | comment | added | sabbahillel | @Daniel I mentioned this to make sure that troubles do not arise. I knew someone who had converted with an invalid "bait din" and did not find out until she wanted to get married. It took a while to get it straightened out and to convert properly. Even if there is no intention of making Aliyah, it is better to be accepted everywhere. There are places that will insist on acceptance by the Rabbanut first when a ger is getting married even if they are not in Israel. | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 15:56 | comment | added | Daniel | "You will need to make sure that the bait din (religious court) that supervises your conversion is also accepted by the Israeli Rabbinate as well." Why do you say that? Maybe this potential convert has no intention of ever making aliya. | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 15:54 | history | edited | sabbahillel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 29, 2015 at 15:54 | comment | added | Daniel | @NoachmiFrankfurt You mean the Rabbanut of Israel? Is that true? I've never heard that. | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 15:53 | comment | added | Noach MiFrankfurt | Most RCA batei din are not accepted by the rabbanut AFAIK | |
| Oct 29, 2015 at 15:49 | history | answered | sabbahillel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |