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Is a conversion appropriate in this circumstance?
Ephraim Ben Noach:
--- Quote from: rafeli18 on July 15, 2013, 10:36:18 PM ---He respects the jewish communal spirit but finds the hasidim ridiculous in that he kinda giggles when he sees one. Ironically, when he was younger and I have pictures him and his sister used to dress in a very similar fashion especially the hair. Once my auntie told me when they used to go out shopping in east london which was the heart of jewish life in britain people used to talk to her in yiddish I've looked at other religions( Shintoism, catholicism, islam to a degree, budhhism) but the one I find the most interesting and spiritually soothing has to be judaism. I had a school project in which I could do anything I deliberately choose to do the history of european jewry. I know I'm too young which is why for a few years I want to learn more about judaism whilst studying at uni, etc and see if this is the right choice. Hopefully it will be. Noahide laws are a sound stucture but they lack any sense of spirituality which is something my heart wants.
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You want to hear something totally stupid? I kept taking online religious tests, and every time the result was I was Jewish. :::D :::D :::D
rafeli18:
--- Quote from: אפרים בן נח on July 15, 2013, 10:46:01 PM --- You want to hear something totally stupid? I kept taking online religious tests, and every time the result was I was Jewish. :::D :::D :::D
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lol, how kosher are they?
rafeli18:
I just did one
top 3; sikhism , orthodox judaism and reform :::D
Israel Chai:
--- Quote from: rafeli18 on July 15, 2013, 10:36:18 PM ---He respects the jewish communal spirit but finds the hasidim ridiculous in that he kinda giggles when he sees one. Ironically, when he was younger and I have pictures him and his sister used to dress in a very similar fashion especially the hair. Once my auntie told me when they used to go out shopping in east london which was the heart of jewish life in britain people used to talk to her in yiddish I've looked at other religions( Shintoism, catholicism, islam to a degree, budhhism) but the one I find the most interesting and spiritually soothing has to be judaism. I had a school project in which I could do anything I deliberately choose to do the history of european jewry. I know I'm too young which is why for a few years I want to learn more about judaism whilst studying at uni, etc and see if this is the right choice. Hopefully it will be. Noahide laws are a sound stucture but they lack any sense of spirituality which is something my heart wants.
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The Noahides do have a degree of spirituality and you can read up on Judaism without being Jewish. Practicing the religion is a serious commitment, so, in the end, the spirituality in Judaism is very interesting and eye-opening, but you will end up needing more reason than that to really be orthodox.
Wearing black clothes and big hats isn't Judaism. They have their reasons, but unless your ancestors went through exactly what they did in Europe, there's no actual reason to dress like a Cossack lawyer.
rafeli18:
Agreed, it's not a trivial decision to make but there's that abstract thing i get from learning about judaism . The sense of belonging that doesn't bide for me with other religions.Say listening to shloime gertner brings out emotions that were seldom expressed by me before but now are open.The names for g-d; Hashem , hashem, adoni seem more powerful than most other words. I'm starting to become more of a positive person though I of course want to think this through.Another user here converted in his mid 30's i believe .I know this may sound stupid but would say conservative judaism be more appropriate ?
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