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Sefer on Conversion in Halacha

Menachem Finkelstein's excellent Conversion: Halakhah and Practice is available in English and Hebrew. It covers the topic from biblical sources through to 20th-century responsa.
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Sefer on Conversion in Halacha

Laws of Conversion by Rabbi Rafael Cohen Soae provides a comprehensive treatment on the laws as they are currently upheld, and a short summary of differences between different communities and ...
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Wives of the Shevatim

The Torah Shleima to Number 26:59 brings an interesting manuscript midrash that says Levi's wife was named Otah, literally "Her." This is based on the apparently ungrammatical structure of ...
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