spyrichuwel
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Yes I believe in the coming of a Messiah. Help me convert to Judaism officially. I live in Singapore.
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You need much, much more than this to convert to Judaism and you will need to go through a Beis Din. It can take upwards of two years sometimes and you'll need to prove you're serious.
Yes I believe in the coming of a Messiah. Help me convert to Judaism officially. I live in Singapore.
Can you please expound on the Beit Din or House of Law in relation to converting?
Considering your previous posts this declaration of intent is rather surprising.Yes I believe in the coming of a Messiah. Help me convert to Judaism officially. I live in Singapore.
The Beis Din will essentially vet you as a candidate for conversion. The candidate should write a letter to the Beis Din (or possibly an email these days) and explain in detail about his or her background, life, current Jewish knowledge and why he or she wishes to convert. They will very likely put you in touch with an Orthodox Rabbi if you are not in touch with one already and if you come across as a suitable person they'll give you an application form, reading material for study etc. What happens from here is that a tutor you have will send reports back to the Beis Din. Throughout all of this the potential convert will be living in the Jewish community and will be overseen according how this person interacts with daily life and so on.Can you please expound on the Beit Din or House of Law in relation to converting?
The British website for info on this had quite a bit of detail as I've seen it before and I tried to condense some of it. It is quite useful although as RabbiO says, the OP is a surprise and in this case I'm doubtful any of it will be put to any use.Actually, the main part the Beis Din plays in conversion is in having the ritual immersion done in front of them (with their knowledge that the immersion is for conversion). Without immersing in front of a Beis Din, it's just some dude dunking in a small pool that could use a good cleaning. Everything else is just to convince the Beis Din to get to that point.
The Beis Din will essentially vet you as a candidate for conversion. The candidate should write a letter to the Beis Din (or possibly an email these days) and explain in detail about his or her background, life, current Jewish knowledge and why he or she wishes to convert. They will very likely put you in touch with an Orthodox Rabbi if you are not in touch with one already and if you come across as a suitable person they'll give you an application form, reading material for study etc. What happens from here is that a tutor you have will send reports back to the Beis Din. Throughout all of this the potential convert will be living in the Jewish community and will be overseen according how this person interacts with daily life and so on.
I've left some things out since you asked about the Beis Din specifically, but eventually if he or she completes the process to satisfaction he or she will go to the mikveh, immerse and then will be considered a Jew. Obviously a man will be circumcised if not already and if already will have some blood drawn iirc.
It is basically as @Tumah says though. I am also unsure how other conversion processes go for non-Orthodox sects or if it's mostly the same.Wow interesting. Sounds like an intricate process indeed. Thank you for being in-depth
It is basically as @Tumah says though. I am also unsure how other conversion processes go for non-Orthodox sects or if it's mostly the same.
I wasn't disagreeing at all with what you said about what they do.The British website for info on this had quite a bit of detail as I've seen it before and I tried to condense some of it. It is quite useful although as RabbiO says, the OP is a surprise and in this case I'm doubtful any of it will be put to any use.
No no, I wasn't suggesting you were. I was more agreeing that your summary was probably more than enough given that I'm not sure that the OP is serious and then recalled that EBM asked and not the OP.I wasn't disagreeing at all with what you said about what they do.
Hatafat Dam Brit for men already circumcisedSo I wonder if even if you are circumcised the "blood letting" is some ritualistic form of circumcision maybe?
Yeah. It's not only about not having a foreskin, it's about becoming a part of the covenant of Abraham.So I wonder if even if you are circumcised the "blood letting" is some ritualistic form of circumcision maybe?
Yeah. It's not only about not having a foreskin, it's about becoming a part of the covenant of Abraham.
Considering your previous posts this declaration of intent is rather surprising.
There are two synagogues in Singapore, both have rabbis. If you are serious, to begin with you need to speak with one of those rabbis.
And now you're here?I once had to go to the doctor.
No one was there, so I died.